Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 23, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 8–3 on Wednesday, March 23, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 36–21.
Gilles Hamel scored twice and Tony McKegney scored twice. Robert Sullivan, Mark Johnson, Andre Savard, Dave Andreychuk, Mal Davis, Lindy Ruff and Ray Neufeld also scored.
Bob Sauve made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 28 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Sullivan (17)Pierre Lacroix (29), Ray Neufeld (29)1–001:14 HFD
Gilles Hamel (19)Dave Andreychuk (18), Mal Davis (11)1–107:06 BUF
Mark Johnson (29)Robert Sullivan (19)2–111:04 HFD- Gilles Hamel (20)Dave Andreychuk (19), Phil Housley (44)2–212:33 BUF
Andre Savard (15)John Van Boxmeer (18), Craig Ramsay (17)2–319:35 BUF
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (13)Gilles Hamel (18), Andre Savard (24)2–400:13 BUF
Mal Davis (7)Dave Andreychuk (20), Gilles Hamel (19)2–512:12 BUF
Tony McKegney (34)Phil Housley (45), Lindy Ruff (12)2–615:55 BUF
Lindy Ruff (12)Andre Savard (25), John Van Boxmeer (19)2–718:38 BUF
3rd period
Ray Neufeld (24)Mark Johnson (34), Pierre Lacroix (30)3–706:40 HFD · - Tony McKegney (35)Gilbert Perreault (44), Bob Sauve (2)3–814:32 BUF ·
Team stats
HFDBUF
2136
0%0%
1/21/3
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:24 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min - 8:35 into the second period
Tony McKegney · holding2 min - 6:07 into the third periodTony McKegney · tripping2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodBlaine Stoughton · hooking2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodMike McDougall · tripping2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodPaul Cyr · misconduct10 min
- 14:32 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 36 | 8 | .778 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Gilles HamelL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |