Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 5, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–0 on Saturday, November 5, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 35–25.
Goals came from Greg Gilbert, Denis Potvin, John Tonelli and Mike Bossy.
Billy Smith made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Gilbert (4)Duane Sutter (7), Stefan Persson (6)0–100:44 NYI
Denis Potvin (4)John Tonelli (6), Bryan Trottier (14)0–213:32 NYI ·
3rd period
John Tonelli (3)Denis Potvin (15), Bobby Nystrom (4)0–309:13 NYI
Mike Bossy (10)John Tonelli (7), Bryan Trottier (15)0–411:25 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
2535
0%0%
0/21/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:01 into the first period
Mats Hallin · hooking2 min - 12:18 into the first period
Mike Foligno · hooking2 min - 13:56 into the third periodMike Bossy · elbowing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 0 | 1.000 |