Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Sunday, March 20, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 35–26.
Dale McCourt scored twice, Larry Robinson scored twice and Mark Napier scored twice. Pierre Mondou, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Tony McKegney and Mike Foligno also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (26)Mats Naslund (43)1–002:00 MTL
Guy Lafleur (23)Ryan Walter (43), Rick Green (22)2–003:21 MTL
Dale McCourt (17)Ric Seiling (19), Gilbert Perreault (42)2–107:26 BUF · 
Larry Robinson (13)Pierre Mondou (35)3–107:53 MTL
Steve Shutt (32)Unassisted4–109:10 MTL
Tony McKegney (33)Unassisted4–213:08 BUF- Larry Robinson (14)Mario Tremblay (33), Mats Naslund (44)5–216:47 MTL
2nd period
Mark Napier (35)Unassisted6–219:20 MTL
3rd period
Mike Foligno (21)Paul Cyr (9), Hannu Virta (23)6–314:44 BUF · - Dale McCourt (18)Gilbert Perreault (43), Ric Seiling (20)6–416:44 BUF
- Mark Napier (36)Bob Gainey (17), Robert Picard (28)7–417:58 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
3526
0%0%
0/32/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:53 into the first period
Ryan Walter · slashing2 min - 10:54 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodDoug Wickenheiser · holding2 min
- 15:12 into the second period
Ric Seiling · interference2 min - 4:36 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodLarry Playfair · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodGuy Lafleur · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |