Montréal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 1983 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 6–5 on Saturday, March 5, 1983 at St. Louis Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Blues 46–35.
Wayne Babych scored twice and Guy Lafleur scored twice. Steve Shutt, Brian Sutter, Larry Patey, Perry Anderson, Mats Naslund, Keith Acton and Mark Napier also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 40 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (29)Chris Nilan (6), Larry Robinson (35)1–000:27 MTL
Wayne Babych (14)Alain Lemieux (18), Perry Turnbull (13)1–101:59 STL
Guy Lafleur (19)Craig Ludwig (22), Ryan Walter (39)2–107:02 MTL · 
Brian Sutter (40)Jack Brownschidle (19), Mark Reeds (7)2–210:53 STL- Guy Lafleur (20)Keith Acton (21), Rick Green (20)3–217:13 MTL
Larry Patey (9)Unassisted3–319:50 STL ·
2nd period
- Wayne Babych (15)Alain Lemieux (19)3–405:31 STL
Perry Anderson (3)Unassisted3–518:36 STL
Mats Naslund (23)Mario Tremblay (31), Pierre Mondou (28)4–518:59 MTL
3rd period
Keith Acton (22)Robert Picard (24), Guy Lafleur (45)5–511:45 MTL
Mark Napier (33)Unassisted6–516:14 MTL
Team stats
MTLSTL
4635
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:21 into the first period
Guy Lapointe · holding2 min - 15:31 into the first periodAlain Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 16:02 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · hooking2 min - 18:47 into the first periodPerry Anderson · cross checking2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodKeith Acton · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 23Alain LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Perry AndersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Robert TudorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Alain VigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 46 | 6 | .870 |
| 31Rick HeinzG | 0 | 0 | – |