Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 8, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–2 on Friday, March 8, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 31–27.
Lindy Ruff scored twice. Mal Davis, Gilbert Perreault, Phil Housley, Bob Murray, David Fenyves, Paul Cyr and Troy Murray also scored.
Bob Sauve made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 16 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mal Davis (16)Brent Peterson (21), Craig Ramsay (16)0–110:05 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (24)Mike Foligno (24), Larry Playfair (12)0–219:10 BUF
2nd period
Phil Housley (13)Unassisted0–300:40 BUF
Bob Murray (4)Denis Savard (56), Doug Wilson (48)1–308:51 CHI · 
Lindy Ruff (6)Gilbert Perreault (44)1–409:25 BUF
David Fenyves (1)Craig Ramsay (17)1–515:26 BUF- Lindy Ruff (7)Ric Seiling (15)1–616:19 BUF
Paul Cyr (18)John Tucker (25), Mal Davis (8)1–717:46 BUF ·
3rd period
Troy Murray (21)Curt Fraser (18), Behn Wilson (18)2–704:56 CHI
Team stats
CHIBUF
2731
0%0%
1/31/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:39 into the first period
Keith Brown · interference2 min - 15:56 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · charging2 min - 15:56 into the first periodKeith Brown · charging2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · holding2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodLindy Ruff · delaying game2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodBehn Wilson · delaying game2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodKeith Brown · high sticking2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 23 | 7 | .696 |
| 34Chris CliffordG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |