Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1983 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Wednesday, December 7, 1983 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 30–25.
Darryl Sutter scored twice. Hannu Virta, Tim Higgins, Keith Brown and Paul Cyr also scored.
Murray Bannerman made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Hannu Virta (3)Phil Housley (21), Real Cloutier (19)1–008:37 BUF ·
2nd period
Darryl Sutter (8)Keith Brown (8), Steve Ludzik (6)1–103:27 CHI- Darryl Sutter (9)Bob Murray (14), Denis Savard (16)1–207:23 CHI ·
Tim Higgins (1)Behn Wilson (10), Murray Bannerman (2)1–312:33 CHI
3rd period
Keith Brown (6)Denis Cyr (3), Denis Savard (17)1–406:17 CHI
Paul Cyr (6)Mike Moller (6), Dave Andreychuk (10)2–410:37 BUF
Team stats
BUFCHI
2530
0%0%
1/41/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 7:46 into the first period
Darryl Sutter · interference2 min - 15:19 into the first periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 15:19 into the first periodBob Murray · fighting5 min
- 5:55 into the second periodBill Hajt · holding2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodSteve Larmer · tripping2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodDenis Savard · hooking2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodRandy Boyd · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Denis CyrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |