Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Thursday, April 14, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 7–4 on Thursday, April 14, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 29–16.
Lindy Ruff scored twice and Tony McKegney scored twice. Ray Bourque, Barry Pederson, Mike Ramsey, Peter McNab, Craig Ramsay, Gilles Hamel and Steve Kasper also scored.
Bob Sauve made 12 saves on 16 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Bourque (2)Mike O'connell (1), Rick Middleton (4)0–104:49 BOS
Barry Pederson (4)Rick Middleton (5), Brad Park (2)0–210:51 BOS · 
Mike Ramsey (2)Phil Housley (2), Ric Seiling (2)1–216:33 BUF
2nd period
Peter McNab (1)Ray Bourque (3), Keith Crowder (3)1–300:40 BOS
Lindy Ruff (2)Gilbert Perreault (2)2–301:17 BUF- Lindy Ruff (3)Unassisted3–302:19 BUF
Tony McKegney (2)Mike Foligno (2), Gilbert Perreault (3)4–309:37 BUF- Tony McKegney (3)Dale McCourt (1), Hannu Virta (2)5–315:35 BUF ·
3rd period
Craig Ramsay (1)Andre Savard (1)6–301:08 BUF
Gilles Hamel (2)Unassisted7–303:27 BUF
Steve Kasper (1)Bruce Crowder (1)7–417:44 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2916
0%0%
1/41/5
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:59 into the first period
Craig MacTavish · high sticking2 min - 5:59 into the first periodCraig MacTavish · fighting5 min
- 5:59 into the first period
Mike Foligno · high sticking2 min - 5:59 into the first periodMike Foligno · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:59 into the first periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 9:01 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodPeter McNab · tripping2 min
- 12:47 into the first periodRic Seiling · tripping2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodMarty Howe · fighting5 min
- 2:12 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 3:39 into the second periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodTony McKegney · hooking2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodRick Middleton · holding2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodGord Kluzak · interference2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 16 | 4 | .750 |
| 33Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |