Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 3, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Thursday, March 3, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 28–26.
Paul Cyr scored a hat trick. Mike O'connell and Bruce Crowder also scored.
Phil Myre made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mike O'connell (12)Ray Bourque (40), Peter McNab (46)0–104:52 BOS · 
Bruce Crowder (16)Gord Kluzak (3), Ray Bourque (41)0–210:43 BOS
3rd period
Paul Cyr (8)Unassisted1–209:58 BUF- Paul Cyr (9)Mike Foligno (19), Brent Peterson (23)2–212:49 BUF
- Paul Cyr (10)Mike Ramsey (22), Dave Andreychuk (15)3–214:19 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
2826
0%0%
0/21/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:32 into the first period
Gilles Hamel · holding2 min - 11:57 into the first period
Barry Pederson · tripping2 min - 4:19 into the third periodRick Middleton · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Paul CyrL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Phil MyreG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |