Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 1984 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 29–24.
Goals came from Thomas Gradin, Craig Ramsay, Gilles Hamel, Mike Foligno, Hannu Virta, Lindy Ruff and Patrik Sundstrom.
Bob Sauve made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Gradin (19)Unassisted0–103:54 VAN
2nd period
Craig Ramsay (9)Brent Peterson (12), Mike Ramsey (19)1–107:12 BUF
Gilles Hamel (19)Unassisted2–110:59 BUF
3rd period
Mike Foligno (31)Dave Andreychuk (39), Larry Playfair (11)3–101:23 BUF
Hannu Virta (5)Mike Ramsey (20), Ric Seiling (20)4–103:10 BUF
Lindy Ruff (12)Dave Andreychuk (40), Hannu Virta (28)5–108:47 BUF · 
Patrik Sundstrom (36)Unassisted5–209:05 VAN
Team stats
BUFVAN
2429
0%0%
1/30/3
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:58 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · interference2 min - 8:18 into the first period
Stan Smyl · hooking2 min - 9:16 into the first periodMike Ramsey · boarding2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodAndreas Schliebener · cross checking2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodMoe Lemay · roughing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodGary Lupul · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 13:24 into the third periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 18:57 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Andreas SchliebenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |