Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 19, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-4 on Saturday, March 19, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 36-28.
Hannu Virta scored a hat trick. Bob Gainey, Mike Foligno, Pierre Mondou, Brent Peterson, Keith Acton, Dale McCourt and Doug Wickenheiser also scored.
Bob Sauve made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (10)Unassisted0–105:07 MTL · SHG
Mike Foligno (20)Gilbert Perreault (40), Tony McKegney (35)1–107:22 BUF
2nd period
Pierre Mondou (25)Gilbert Delorme (21), Mats Naslund (41)1–201:07 MTL · PPG
Brent Peterson (13)Mike Ramsey (29), David Fenyves (8)2–204:07 BUF
Keith Acton (24)Guy Lafleur (47), Mats Naslund (42)2–309:25 MTL
Hannu Virta (10)Phil Housley (43)3–310:06 BUF · PPG
Dale McCourt (16)Gilbert Perreault (41)4–318:24 BUF- Hannu Virta (11)Unassisted5–318:42 BUF
3rd period
- Hannu Virta (12)Unassisted6–307:53 BUF · SHG
Doug Wickenheiser (25)Bob Gainey (16), Mark Napier (26)6–414:28 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
28Shots on goal36
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play1/3
13Penalty minutes15
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:46
Brent Peterson · high sticking2 min - 1st 04:46Brent Peterson · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:46
Keith Acton · high sticking2 min - 1st 04:46Keith Acton · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:46Ryan Walter · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:15Robert Picard · elbowing2 min
- 1st 15:42Mike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:36Mike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:41Keith Acton · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:10Bill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:04Mario Tremblay · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 60:00 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 60:00 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |