Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Tuesday, February 26, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 35–18.
Goals came from Dave Andreychuk, John MacLean, Mal Davis, Lindy Ruff, John Tucker, Greg Adams and Rick Meagher.
Bob Sauve made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (28)John Tucker (21), Gilles Hamel (23)1–002:31 BUF · 
John MacLean (10)Jan Ludvig (15), Kirk Muller (30)1–115:13 NJD ·
2nd period
Mal Davis (13)Gilbert Perreault (40), Phil Housley (41)2–111:17 BUF · 
Lindy Ruff (2)Hannu Virta (18), Jerry Korab (4)3–112:11 BUF
John Tucker (14)Mike Foligno (22), Dave Andreychuk (26)4–117:28 BUF
3rd period
Greg Adams (3)Pat Verbeek (13), Jan Ludvig (16)4–204:13 NJD
Rick Meagher (7)Rich Preston (13), Don Lever (6)4–308:00 NJD
Team stats
BUFNJD
3518
0%0%
2/51/8
2014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Phil Russell · holding2 min - 1:02 into the first period
Mal Davis · high sticking2 min - 1:02 into the first periodDave Lewis · high sticking2 min
- 10:02 into the first periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 11:06 into the first periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 11:59 into the first periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 15:07 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 18:02 into the first periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing double minor4 min
- 4:38 into the second periodDave Pichette · roughing2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodRick Meagher · holding2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodMal Davis · holding2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |