New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 27, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Wednesday, March 27, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 31–17.
Phil Housley scored twice. Jim Wiemer, Lindy Ruff and Mark Pavelich also scored.
Bob Sauve made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Wiemer (6)Unassisted1–000:09 NYR
Lindy Ruff (10)Gilbert Perreault (49), Phil Housley (50)1–108:19 BUF · 
Phil Housley (15)Paul Cyr (23), David Fenyves (7)1–209:46 BUF
2nd period
Mark Pavelich (13)Tomas Sandstrom (28), Anders Hedberg (31)2–215:17 NYR ·
3rd period
- Phil Housley (16)Unassisted2–307:26 BUF
Team stats
NYRBUF
1731
0%0%
1/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:43 into the first period
Steve Patrick · hooking2 min - 6:49 into the second period
Jerry Korab · roughing2 min - 13:32 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodAnders Hedberg · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim WiemerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |