Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 7–3 on Saturday, January 5, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 30–21.
Sean Mckenna scored twice. Ric Seiling, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Peterson, Phil Housley, Mike Foligno, Tomas Jonsson, Dave Andreychuk and Greg Gilbert also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 10 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (10)Brent Peterson (13), Mike Ramsey (12)1–006:48 BUF
Pat LaFontaine (11)Patrick Flatley (13)1–110:37 NYI
Brent Peterson (8)Bill Hajt (12), Craig Ramsay (9)2–111:53 BUF
Sean Mckenna (8)Gilles Hamel (19), Paul Cyr (11)3–115:30 BUF
2nd period
Phil Housley (9)Gilbert Perreault (23), Mike Foligno (11)4–105:19 BUF
Mike Foligno (15)Phil Housley (22), Gilbert Perreault (24)5–106:08 BUF
Tomas Jonsson (8)Bryan Trottier (12), Brent Sutter (38)5–212:50 NYI · 
Dave Andreychuk (17)John Tucker (11), Normand Lacombe (2)6–214:51 BUF
Greg Gilbert (10)Patrick Flatley (14), Paul Boutilier (13)6–317:57 NYI
3rd period
- Sean Mckenna (9)Mike Ramsey (13)7–309:23 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
3021
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:59 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · ps covering puck in crease0 min - 2:33 into the second periodDavid Fenyves · tripping2 min
- 7:26 into the second period
Duane Sutter · tripping2 min - 11:31 into the second periodDave Maloney · delaying game2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 18:07 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 15:40 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 15 | 2 | .867 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |