Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 23, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Wednesday, November 23, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 32–27.
Goals came from John Tucker, Dave Andreychuk, Gilles Hamel, Barry Beck, Mike Foligno, Don Maloney, Sean Mckenna, Robbie Ftorek, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Phil Housley.
Bob Sauve made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
John Tucker (1)Mike Foligno (5), Lindy Ruff (6)1–004:25 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (5)Mike Moller (1), Larry Playfair (4)2–007:55 BUF
Gilles Hamel (8)Unassisted3–011:58 BUF · 
Barry Beck (3)Mark Pavelich (19)3–112:48 NYR · 
Mike Foligno (10)Real Cloutier (15), Gilbert Perreault (17)4–115:06 BUF · 
Don Maloney (12)Barry Beck (7), Mike Rogers (18)4–217:49 NYR
2nd period
Sean Mckenna (3)Gilbert Perreault (18)5–203:45 BUF
Robbie Ftorek (1)Rob McClanahan (1), Barry Beck (8)5–305:38 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)Mark Pavelich (20)5–415:08 NYR ·
3rd period
Phil Housley (10)Mike Moller (2)6–419:19 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFNYR
2732
0%0%
1/22/4
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:44 into the first period
Dave Andreychuk · tripping2 min - 10:50 into the first periodPhil Housley · holding2 min
- 13:48 into the first period
Scot Kleinendorst · holding2 min - 11:24 into the second periodDave Maloney · charging2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 15:43 into the third periodRon Greschner · fighting5 min
- 17:53 into the third periodGilles Hamel · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 5Barry BeckD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |