Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 4, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 31–20.
Sean Mckenna scored twice. Mike Foligno, Paul Cyr, Mike Moller, John Tucker, Claude Lemieux and John Chabot also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (12)Lindy Ruff (8)0–103:10 BUF
Paul Cyr (4)Phil Housley (20), Hannu Virta (12)0–206:48 BUF ·
2nd period
Mike Moller (4)Paul Cyr (12), Dave Andreychuk (9)0–303:53 BUF
Sean Mckenna (7)Craig Ramsay (7), Jim Wiemer (7)0–409:21 BUF- Sean Mckenna (8)Ric Seiling (8), Jim Wiemer (8)0–513:28 BUF
John Tucker (5)Mike Foligno (8), Lindy Ruff (9)0–614:39 BUF
Claude Lemieux (1)Mario Tremblay (15), Gilbert Delorme (7)1–618:21 MTL
3rd period
John Chabot (3)Unassisted2–607:44 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
2031
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0/21/4
2016
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Penalties
- 3:45 into the first period
Bob Gainey · tripping2 min - 10:47 into the first period
Larry Playfair · charging2 min - 10:47 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · boarding2 min
- 13:26 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
- 4:33 into the third periodGuy Lafleur · slashing2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodJim Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 15:20 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 15:40 into the third periodMike Ramsey · fighting5 min
- 15:40 into the third periodMario Tremblay · roughing2 min
- 15:40 into the third periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31John NewberryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Sean MckennaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |