Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 24, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, March 24, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 26–21.
Goals came from Louis Sleigher, Rick Middleton, Mike Ramsey, John Tucker, Paul Cyr, Tom Fergus and Dave Reid.
Doug Keans made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Louis Sleigher (10)Morris Lukowich (15), Tom Fergus (39)1–003:59 BOS
2nd period
Rick Middleton (26)Butch Goring (24), Dave Reid (11)2–003:16 BOS · 
Mike Ramsey (8)Dave Maloney (20)2–114:00 BUF
John Tucker (19)Hannu Virta (22)2–218:41 BUF
3rd period
Paul Cyr (22)Phil Housley (49), Mal Davis (9)2–305:10 BUF · 
Tom Fergus (28)Ken Linseman (46), Keith Crowder (36)3–306:41 BOS ·
Overtime
Dave Reid (12)Mike Milbury (13)4–300:56 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
2621
0%0%
2/31/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:46 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · tripping2 min - 19:34 into the first periodMats Thelin · tripping2 min
- 2:37 into the second period
Mike Ramsey · hooking2 min - 9:30 into the second periodMorris Lukowich · roughing2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodJohn Blum · holding2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodTom Barrasso · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |