New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 16, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, October 16, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 33–28.
Goals came from Stefan Persson, Butch Goring, Dave Andreychuk, Gilbert Perreault and Brent Sutter.
Kelly Hrudey made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Stefan Persson (2)Anders Kallur (4), Greg Gilbert (5)1–015:32 NYI ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (3)Darcy Regier (1), Bryan Trottier (6)2–011:50 NYI
Dave Andreychuk (4)Unassisted2–117:35 BUF
3rd period
Gilbert Perreault (4)Phil Housley (6), Paul Cyr (3)2–203:46 BUF · 
Brent Sutter (3)Duane Sutter (2), Denis Potvin (7)3–216:23 NYI
Team stats
NYIBUF
2833
0%0%
1/21/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:53 into the first period
Chris Langevin · holding2 min - 15:59 into the first period
Mike McEwen · interference2 min - 16:46 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · tripping2 min
- 2:22 into the second periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darcy RegierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Chris LangevinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |