Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Wednesday, December 21, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 37–26.
Sylvain Turgeon scored twice. Adam Creighton, Mark Johnson, Dave Andreychuk, Bob Crawford, Ron Francis, Lindy Ruff and Steve Stoyanovich also scored.
Ed Staniowski made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Creighton (2)Lindy Ruff (14)0–102:45 BUF
Mark Johnson (16)Richie Dunn (11), Ray Neufeld (17)1–105:05 HFD ·
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (14)Lindy Ruff (15), Paul Cyr (14)1–206:57 BUF
Sylvain Turgeon (14)Mark Johnson (21), Richie Dunn (12)2–209:21 HFD · 
Bob Crawford (13)Greg Malone (10), Norm Dupont (15)3–209:39 HFD
3rd period
Ron Francis (9)Paul Lawless (2), Blaine Stoughton (8)4–202:56 HFD- Sylvain Turgeon (15)Mark Johnson (22), Ray Neufeld (18)5–215:10 HFD ·
Lindy Ruff (6)Dave Andreychuk (14), Adam Creighton (2)5–317:02 BUF · 
Steve Stoyanovich (3)Greg Malone (11)6–319:43 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDBUF
2637
0%0%
3/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Ray Neufeld · charging2 min - 3:15 into the first period
Brent Peterson · holding2 min - 13:44 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · elbowing2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodSteve Stoyanovich · hooking2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodHannu Virta · holding2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodAdam Creighton · boarding2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodPaul Cyr · slashing2 min
- 15:34 into the third periodEd Staniowski · delaying game2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodSylvain Turgeon · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Steve StoyanovichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Adam CreightonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |