Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 10, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Saturday, December 10, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 25–24.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Lindy Ruff, Gilles Hamel, Phil Housley and Ric Seiling also scored.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Lindy Ruff (4)Jerry Korab (1), Ric Seiling (9)1–007:25 BUF
Rick Middleton (16)Barry Pederson (29), Dave Silk (9)1–108:53 BOS- Rick Middleton (17)Guy Lapointe (10), Ray Bourque (17)1–214:35 BOS ·
2nd period
Gilles Hamel (9)Phil Housley (22)2–202:59 BUF
Phil Housley (14)Mike Foligno (9), Lindy Ruff (10)3–218:42 BUF
3rd period
Ric Seiling (4)Lindy Ruff (11)4–206:40 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
2524
0%0%
0/21/5
1711
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:28 into the first period
Mike Milbury · fighting5 min - 8:28 into the first period
Sean Mckenna · fighting5 min - 10:07 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · tripping2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodJerry Korab · boarding2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodPete Peeters · roughing2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodGuy Lapointe · high sticking2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 17:21 into the third periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |