Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Saturday, April 9, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Saturday, April 9, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 30–26.
Goals came from Mats Naslund, John Van Boxmeer, Lindy Ruff, Steve Shutt, Tony McKegney and Mike Ramsey.
Bob Sauve made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
2nd period
Mats Naslund (1)Mario Tremblay (1), Guy Lafleur (1)1–007:25 MTL · 
John Van Boxmeer (1)Paul Cyr (1), Mike Foligno (1)1–116:21 BUF · 
Lindy Ruff (1)Craig Ramsay (1)1–217:26 BUF
3rd period
Steve Shutt (1)Guy Lafleur (2), Pierre Mondou (1)2–208:21 MTL
Tony McKegney (1)Lindy Ruff (1), Larry Playfair (1)2–315:50 BUF
Mike Ramsey (1)Unassisted2–419:35 BUF ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
3026
0%0%
1/31/3
2111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:38 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · interference2 min - 15:10 into the first period
Gilbert Delorme · tripping2 min - 6:18 into the second periodTony McKegney · interference2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodRic Nattress · misconduct10 min
- 14:45 into the second periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodLarry Robinson · tripping2 min
- 19:41 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 19:41 into the second periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 4:21 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29John NewberryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |