Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Saturday, December 17, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 32–28.
Jim Wiemer scored twice. Ric Seiling, Sean Mckenna and Mark Johnson also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (5)Gilbert Perreault (26), Bill Hajt (10)1–003:23 BUF · 
Sean Mckenna (9)Hannu Virta (14), Adam Creighton (1)2–016:02 BUF
2nd period
Mark Johnson (15)Risto Siltanen (20), Ron Francis (23)2–118:40 HFD ·
3rd period
Jim Wiemer (3)Hannu Virta (15), Dave Andreychuk (13)3–112:50 BUF- Jim Wiemer (4)Unassisted4–117:37 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
2832
0%0%
0/51/7
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 12:15 into the first period
Mike Zuke · tripping2 min - 6:48 into the second periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodJerry Korab · high sticking2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodNorm Dupont · elbowing2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodGirard McDonald · slashing2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodGilles Hamel · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodGilles Hamel · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the second periodMike Crombeen · fighting5 min
- 17:19 into the second periodJim Wiemer · hooking2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 4:49 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodSean Mckenna · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodJerry Korab · high sticking2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodGreg Malone · elbowing2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Girard McDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |