Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 1983 · Montreal Forum

7–4

31–39

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–4 on Tuesday, December 27, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 39–31.

Brent Peterson scored twice. Larry Playfair, Pierre Mondou, Dave Andreychuk, Gilbert Perreault, Mike Ramsey, Craig Ramsay, Ryan Walter, Mats Naslund and Guy Lafleur also scored.

Tom Barrasso made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 24 of 31.

Goals
BUF	3	3	1	7	31
MTL	1	0	3	4	39

Scoring

1st period

Larry Playfair (2)Unassisted1–005:20 BUF
Brent Peterson (4)Ric Seiling (10), Craig Ramsay (10)2–008:03 BUF
Pierre Mondou (9)Kent Carlson (3), Guy Lafleur (15)2–115:39 MTL
Dave Andreychuk (15)Unassisted3–116:40 BUF

2nd period

Gilbert Perreault (17)Paul Cyr (15), Hannu Virta (16)4–114:43 BUF ·
Mike Ramsey (4)Dave Andreychuk (15), Mike Moller (7)5–118:46 BUF
Craig Ramsay (2)Unassisted6–119:32 BUF

3rd period

Ryan Walter (11)Perry Turnbull (9), Larry Robinson (10)6–201:35 MTL
Brent Peterson (5)Bill Hajt (12), Craig Ramsay (11)7–205:00 BUF
Mats Naslund (13)Ric Nattress (4)7–306:47 MTL
Guy Lafleur (15)Kent Carlson (4), Pierre Mondou (14)7–415:29 MTL

Team stats

BUFMTL

3139

0%0%

1/30/3

4131

Penalties

11:00 into the first periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
11:00 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
12:54 into the first periodLindy Ruff · interference2 min
19:48 into the first periodCraig Ramsay · high sticking2 min
19:48 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · high sticking2 min
6:26 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
7:28 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
10:42 into the second periodPierre Mondou · interference2 min
14:01 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking2 min
2:58 into the third periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
2:58 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
2:58 into the third periodLarry Playfair · misconduct10 min
2:58 into the third periodChris Nilan · charging2 min
2:58 into the third periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
2:58 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
17:26 into the third periodJim Wiemer · roughing2 min
17:26 into the third periodJim Wiemer · game misconduct10 min
17:26 into the third periodTom Barrasso · roughing double minor4 min
17:26 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
17:26 into the third periodRichard Sevigny · goalie leave crease2 min

Season series

Sabres vs Canadiens head-to-head →

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

10Craig RamsayL	1	2	3	+2	2	2	–	–
20Brent PetersonC	2	0	2	+3	2	0	–	–
25Dave AndreychukL	1	1	2	+1	5	0	–	–
11Gilbert PerreaultC	1	0	1	−1	3	0	–	–
14Mike MollerR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
18Paul CyrL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
3Hannu VirtaD	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	1	0	1	+3	1	0	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	1	0	1	+3	2	21	–	–
9Gilles HamelL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
12Sean MckennaR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
15Adam CreightonC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
19Jim WiemerD	0	0	0	−1	1	12	–	–
44Jerry KorabD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Tom BarrassoG	W	39	35	4	.897	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

6Pierre MondouC	1	1	2	−3	2	2	–	–
10Guy LafleurR	1	1	2	−3	3	0	–	–
2Kent CarlsonD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	–	–
11Ryan WalterC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
26Mats NaslundL	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
27Perry TurnbullC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
3Ric NattressD	0	1	1	−1	4	0	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
15Bobby SmithC	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
22Steve ShuttL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
29John ChabotC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
30Chris NilanR	0	0	0	0	2	19	–	–
32Claude LemieuxR	0	0	0	−1	2	4	–	–
17Craig LudwigD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
18Bill RootD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
28Jean HamelD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Rick WamsleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Richard SevignyG	L	31	24	7	.774	60:00