New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 31, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 29–22.
Robbie Ftorek scored twice. Gilbert Perreault, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Hannu Virta also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (18)Phil Housley (26)0–106:14 BUF · 
Reijo Ruotsalainen (8)Kent-Erik Andersson (8), Don Maloney (25)1–118:56 NYR · 
Hannu Virta (4)Phil Housley (27), Real Cloutier (24)1–219:54 BUF ·
3rd period
Robbie Ftorek (2)Reijo Ruotsalainen (25), Peter Sundstrom (7)2–205:51 NYR- Robbie Ftorek (3)Mark Osborne (11), Scot Kleinendorst (2)3–209:38 NYR
Team stats
NYRBUF
2229
0%0%
1/22/6
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:16 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 6:08 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 9:56 into the second period
Paul Cyr · high sticking2 min - 12:37 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · high sticking2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodDave Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodSean Mckenna · tripping2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 3:34 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · slashing2 min
- 3:34 into the third periodRobbie Ftorek · slashing2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · holding2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |