The Buffalo Sabres were decisively beaten by the Hartford Whalers, 6 to 3, on December 21, 1983.

Final

Whalers

12-17-3

6

Sabres

20-11-4

3

Team

HFD

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

BUF

Adam Creighton (EV) assisted by Lindy Ruff

Mark Johnson (PP) assisted by Richie Dunn and Ray Neufeld

2nd period

HFD

BUF

Dave Andreychuk (EV) assisted by Lindy Ruff and Paul Cyr

Sylvain Turgeon (PP) assisted by Mark Johnson and Richie Dunn

Bob Crawford (EV) assisted by Greg Malone and Norm Dupont

3rd period

HFD

BUF

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Paul Lawless and Blaine Stoughton

Sylvain Turgeon (PP) assisted by Mark Johnson and Ray Neufeld

Lindy Ruff (PP) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Adam Creighton

Steve Stoyanovich (EV-EN) assisted by Greg Malone

Whalers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ed Staniowski (W) E. Staniowski	1	0	0	37	34	.919	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bob Crawford B. Crawford	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	4	0.0
Norm Dupont N. Dupont	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Ed Hospodar E. Hospodar	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Howe M. Howe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Johnson M. Johnson	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	50.0
Paul Lawless P. Lawless	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Neufeld R. Neufeld	0	2	2	-1	2	0	2	0	3	0.0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Torrie Robertson T. Robertson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Risto Siltanen R. Siltanen	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Stoyanovich S. Stoyanovich	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tom Barrasso (L) T. Barrasso	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.12	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Adam Creighton A. Creighton	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	50.0
Paul Cyr P. Cyr	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gilles Hamel G. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	6	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Sean McKenna S. McKenna	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	1	2	3	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Hannu Virta H. Virta	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0
Jim Wiemer J. Wiemer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0