New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 3, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, March 3, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 29–23.
Brent Sutter scored twice. Dave Andreychuk, Duane Sutter and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (31)John Tucker (23), Dave Maloney (16)0–106:14 BUF
Brent Sutter (39)Gord Dineen (9), Mike Bossy (52)1–113:01 NYI
Duane Sutter (11)Gord Dineen (10), Pat LaFontaine (33)2–117:59 NYI
3rd period
- Brent Sutter (40)Dave Langevin (11)3–107:06 NYI
Lindy Ruff (5)Mike Foligno (23), Phil Housley (43)3–216:12 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
2329
0%0%
0/30/3
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
John Tonelli · tripping2 min - 8:39 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · interference2 min - 10:10 into the first periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodMike Bossy · high sticking2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodAnders Kallur · hooking2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodDave Langevin · roughing2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodCraig Ramsay · slashing2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodDavid Fenyves · roughing2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 4:55 into the third periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |