Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, February 8, 1984 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, February 8, 1984 at Civic Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 42–23.
Sean Mckenna scored twice, Gilbert Perreault scored twice and Mike Bullard scored twice. Doug Shedden, Kevin McCarthy, Greg Hotham, Mike Foligno and Dave Andreychuk also scored.
Bob Sauve made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 36 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Sean Mckenna (12)Jim Wiemer (13)1–009:25 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (28)Dave Andreychuk (27), Mike Foligno (17)2–011:31 BUF- Sean Mckenna (13)Gilles Hamel (12), Real Cloutier (28)3–014:35 BUF
Mike Bullard (35)Doug Shedden (19), Kevin McCarthy (19)3–119:27 PIT
2nd period
Doug Shedden (12)Mark Taylor (19), Kevin McCarthy (20)3–202:21 PIT · - Mike Bullard (36)Norm Schmidt (4)3–305:23 PIT
Kevin McCarthy (4)Thomas O'Regan (7), Rick Kehoe (27)3–408:36 PIT
3rd period
Greg Hotham (3)Ron Flockhart (11)3–502:29 PIT · 
Mike Foligno (19)Dave Andreychuk (28), Gilbert Perreault (42)4–505:06 BUF- Gilbert Perreault (29)Mike Ramsey (11), Mike Foligno (18)5–516:44 BUF
Overtime
Dave Andreychuk (23)Gilbert Perreault (43), Bill Hajt (19)6–500:31 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
4223
0%0%
0/32/2
2416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:43 into the second period
Brent Peterson · holding2 min - 2:57 into the second period
Ron Flockhart · cross checking2 min - 0:46 into the third periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodGary Rissling · tripping2 min
- 8:01 into the third periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 8:01 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 10:16 into the third periodGreg Hotham · holding2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 18:26 into the third periodLarry Playfair · misconduct10 min
- 18:26 into the third periodGary Rissling · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Claude VerretC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 24Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Thomas O'ReganC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean DefazioL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Gregory TebbuttD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |