Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 18, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Sunday, December 18, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canucks 44–19.
Goals came from Michel Petit, Ric Seiling, Paul Cyr, Gary Lupul and Adam Creighton.
Bob Sauve made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 41 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Petit (1)Gary Lupul (11), Andreas Schliebener (3)1–006:41 VAN · 
Ric Seiling (6)Brent Peterson (4), Craig Ramsay (9)1–116:20 BUF
3rd period
Paul Cyr (8)Unassisted1–207:57 BUF
Gary Lupul (10)Stan Smyl (19), Rick Lanz (15)2–208:03 VAN
Adam Creighton (1)Lindy Ruff (13), Jim Wiemer (9)2–311:00 BUF
Team stats
VANBUF
1944
0%0%
1/20/3
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:33 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · high sticking2 min - 5:19 into the first period
Jerry Korab · holding2 min - 18:10 into the first periodTony Tanti · holding2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodAdam Creighton · charging2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodSean Mckenna · elbowing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodSean Mckenna · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodKevin McCarthy · high sticking2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodKevin McCarthy · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodNeil Belland · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Gary LupulC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Andreas SchliebenerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 44 | 3 | .932 |
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |