Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 29, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Tuesday, March 29, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 35–32.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Mike McDougall, Gilles Hamel, Gilbert Perreault, Chris Kotsopoulos, Dale McCourt, Mal Davis and Ron Francis also scored.
Greg Millen made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mike McDougall (8)Merlin Malinowski (22), Mark Renaud (26)0–109:17 HFD
Gilles Hamel (22)Mike Ramsey (30), John Van Boxmeer (20)1–113:15 BUF
Blaine Stoughton (43)Ron Francis (59), Mark Johnson (37)1–218:07 HFD
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (28)Mike Foligno (24)2–208:24 BUF
Chris Kotsopoulos (6)Mark Renaud (27), Michel Galarneau (4)2–315:20 HFD
Dale McCourt (20)John Van Boxmeer (21), Ric Seiling (22)3–317:54 BUF · 
Mal Davis (8)Paul Cyr (11), Phil Housley (46)4–319:58 BUF
3rd period
Ron Francis (30)Chris Kotsopoulos (22)4–408:17 HFD · - Blaine Stoughton (44)Unassisted4–519:51 HFD
Team stats
BUFHFD
3532
0%0%
1/30/3
2315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:51 into the first period
Ric Seiling · roughing2 min - 12:51 into the first period
Mark Renaud · cross checking2 min - 16:05 into the first periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 6:59 into the second periodMichel Galarneau · fighting5 min
- 11:40 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · interference2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · roughing2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · tripping2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodMike Ramsey · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |