Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 8–5 on Thursday, March 31, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Sabres 40–29.
Bob MacMillan scored twice and Gilbert Perreault scored twice. Hannu Virta, Paul Gagne, Mike Foligno, Paul Cyr, Dave Andreychuk, Aaron Broten, Ric Seiling, Jan Ludvig and Craig Ramsay also scored.
Phil Myre made 35 saves on 40 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Hannu Virta (13)Lindy Ruff (15), Craig Ramsay (18)1–004:16 BUF
Paul Gagne (13)Jeff Larmer (22), Tapio Levo (39)1–106:05 NJD · 
Mike Foligno (22)Paul Cyr (12)2–114:39 BUF
Paul Cyr (13)Tony McKegney (36)3–115:11 BUF
2nd period
Bob MacMillan (17)Rick Meagher (13), Jan Ludvig (8)3–202:18 NJD
Gilbert Perreault (29)Dale McCourt (31)4–209:16 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (14)Phil Housley (47)5–210:35 BUF · 
Aaron Broten (16)Jeff Larmer (23), Paul Gagne (15)5–311:11 NJD- Gilbert Perreault (30)Unassisted6–317:12 BUF
3rd period
- Bob MacMillan (18)Unassisted6–406:50 NJD
Ric Seiling (19)Dale McCourt (32), Gilbert Perreault (46)7–407:18 BUF
Jan Ludvig (7)Bob MacMillan (28), Rick Meagher (14)7–513:45 NJD · 
Craig Ramsay (11)Lindy Ruff (16), Hannu Virta (24)8–514:37 BUF
Team stats
BUFNJD
2940
0%0%
1/32/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:44 into the first period
Mike Foligno · cross checking2 min - 9:56 into the first period
Brent Ashton · slashing2 min - 10:54 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:37 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodMike Antonovich · charging2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · fighting5 min
- 10:03 into the third periodDon Lever · roughing2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodDon Lever · fighting5 min
- 13:40 into the third periodBill Hajt · holding2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodPhil Housley · high sticking2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Phil MyreG | W | 40 | 5 | .875 |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |
| 30Ron LowG | 10 | 2 | .800 |