Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 8-5 on Thursday, December 29, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 35-28.
Real Cloutier scored a hat trick and Ric Seiling scored twice. Andre Savard, Marian Stastny, Michel Goulet, Brent Peterson, Tony McKegney, Paul Gillis, Mike Ramsey and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Bob Sauve made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Brian Ford stopped 27 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Andre Savard (13)Tony McKegney (18)1–004:31 QUE
Marian Stastny (14)Unassisted2–008:51 QUE
2nd period
Real Cloutier (12)Phil Housley (23)2–102:55 BUF
Michel Goulet (25)Peter Stastny (42), Bo Berglund (15)3–104:01 QUE · PPG- Real Cloutier (13)Bill Hajt (13), Gilbert Perreault (27)3–207:43 BUF
- Real Cloutier (14)Phil Housley (24), Jerry Korab (3)3–308:16 BUF
Brent Peterson (6)Craig Ramsay (12)3–409:14 BUF
Ric Seiling (7)Gilbert Perreault (28), Mike Moller (8)3–512:12 BUF
3rd period
Tony McKegney (11)Marian Stastny (20), Pat Price (11)4–504:43 QUE
Paul Gillis (1)Louis Sleigher (12), Michel Goulet (27)5–509:08 QUE
Mike Ramsey (5)Gilbert Perreault (29)5–610:37 BUF- Ric Seiling (8)Mike Ramsey (5)5–714:19 BUF · SHG
Lindy Ruff (8)Phil Housley (25)5–816:48 BUF
Team stats
QUEBUF
28Shots on goal35
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play0/5
39Penalty minutes37
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:31
Craig Ramsay · interference2 min - 1st 04:50
Dave Pichette · hooking2 min - 1st 09:46Dave Pichette · holding2 min
- 1st 14:10Gord Donnelly · charging2 min
- 1st 19:03Lindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:03Dale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:57Jerry Korab · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:37Gord Donnelly · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:01Lindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:01Wilf Paiement · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:47Brent Peterson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:47Brent Peterson · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 11:47Craig Ramsay · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:47Dale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:47Dale Hunter · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 11:47Randy Moller · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:20Real Cloutier · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:27Peter Stastny · holding2 min
- 2nd 15:38Gilbert Perreault · kneeing2 min
- 3rd 01:18Gord Donnelly · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:16Paul Cyr · interference2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 3 | – |
| 11Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Louis SleigherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Brian FordG | L | 35 | 27 | 8 | .771 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Real CloutierR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 15Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 60:00 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |