Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, April 7, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–0 on Thursday, April 7, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 22–21.
Goals came from Dale McCourt, Gilles Hamel and Mal Davis.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Dale McCourt (1)Gilbert Perreault (1), Ric Seiling (1)1–001:47 BUF
2nd period
Gilles Hamel (1)Phil Housley (1), Hannu Virta (1)2–006:03 BUF · 
Mal Davis (1)Mike Ramsey (1)3–006:39 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
2122
0%0%
1/10/4
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the second period
Pierre Mondou · tripping2 min - 8:09 into the second period
Brent Peterson · holding2 min - 14:08 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing double minor4 min
- 14:08 into the second periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 2:14 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29John NewberryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |