Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Tuesday, March 1, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center

6–5

29–30

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 on Tuesday, March 1, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 30–29.

Dale McCourt scored twice, Paul Cyr scored twice and Ron Francis scored twice. Doug Sulliman, Gilles Hamel, Ray Neufeld, Mike Foligno and Blaine Stoughton also scored.

Bob Sauve made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 23 of 29.

Goals
BUF	3	1	2	6	29
HFD	1	2	2	5	30

Scoring

1st period

Doug Sulliman (21)Ray Neufeld (27), Mark Johnson (30)0–100:18 HFD
Dale McCourt (13)Tony McKegney (33), Lindy Ruff (9)1–115:40 BUF
Gilles Hamel (16)Phil Housley (40), David Fenyves (4)2–116:13 BUF
Paul Cyr (6)Dave Andreychuk (14), Mal Davis (6)3–118:01 BUF ·

2nd period

Paul Cyr (7)Mal Davis (7), Bill Hajt (9)4–101:52 BUF
Ron Francis (23)Blaine Stoughton (27), Merlin Malinowski (12)4–210:23 HFD
Ray Neufeld (19)Unassisted4–314:45 HFD

3rd period

Ron Francis (24)Mark Renaud (23), Blaine Stoughton (28)4–402:07 HFD
Dale McCourt (14)Unassisted5–406:38 BUF
Mike Foligno (17)Andre Savard (22), Brent Peterson (22)6–406:54 BUF
Blaine Stoughton (36)Merlin Malinowski (13)6–513:43 HFD

Team stats

BUFHFD

2930

0%0%

1/20/2

Penalties

9:52 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
9:52 into the first periodStuart Smith · roughing2 min
17:42 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
17:26 into the second periodMike McDougall · holding2 min
18:15 into the second periodRic Seiling · holding2 min
16:34 into the third periodDavid Fenyves · holding2 min

Season series

Sabres vs Whalers head-to-head →

Goalie
28Bob SauveG	W	30	25	5	.833	60:00
33Phil MyreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Goalie
30Greg MillenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Mike VeisorG	L	29	23	6	.793	59:21


7Dale McCourtC	2	0	2	+1	2	0	–	–
18Paul CyrL	2	0	2	0	2	0	–	–
25Mal DavisL	0	2	2	0	2	0	–	–
8Tony McKegneyL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
9Gilles HamelL	1	0	1	−1	4	0	–	–
12Andre SavardC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
17Mike FolignoR	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
20Brent PetersonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
29Dave AndreychukL	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	–	–
31David FenyvesD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
11Gilbert PerreaultC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
3Hannu VirtaD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–


21Blaine StoughtonL	1	2	3	+1	4	0	–	–
10Ron FrancisC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	–	–
17Ray NeufeldR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
20Merlin MalinowskiC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	–	–
12Mark JohnsonC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
22Doug SullimanL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
25Mark RenaudD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
11Paul LawlessL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
14Michel GalarneauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
26Robert SullivanL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
27Warren MillerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Mike McDougallR	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
3Stuart SmithD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
4Mickey VolcanD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Pierre LacroixD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	–	–
8Risto SiltanenD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
24Chris KotsopoulosD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	–	–