Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 17, 1984 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 in overtime on Friday, February 17, 1984 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 40–19.
Real Cloutier scored twice and Dave Andreychuk scored twice. Al MacAdam, Brian Bellows, Mark Napier, Larry Playfair and Willi Plett also scored.
Bob Sauve made 15 saves on 19 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Al MacAdam (16)Dino Ciccarelli (31)1–002:30 MNS
Real Cloutier (22)Paul Cyr (23), Hannu Virta (23)1–105:53 BUF · 
Brian Bellows (34)Keith Acton (34)2–108:25 MNS
Mark Napier (8)Unassisted3–116:57 MNS
Dave Andreychuk (27)Gilbert Perreault (48), Hannu Virta (24)3–219:42 BUF ·
3rd period
Larry Playfair (5)Gilbert Perreault (49), Sean Mckenna (9)3–301:11 BUF
Willi Plett (8)Tom McCarthy (26)4–314:05 MNS- Real Cloutier (23)Claude Verret (2), Bill Hajt (20)4–417:32 BUF
Overtime
- Dave Andreychuk (28)Larry Playfair (9), Hannu Virta (25)4–501:31 BUF
Team stats
MNSBUF
1940
0%0%
0/12/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:22 into the first period
Willi Plett · holding2 min - 10:40 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · cross checking2 min
- 19:00 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 1:33 into the second period
Gilles Hamel · holding2 min - 6:31 into the third periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Claude VerretC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |