The Hartford Whalers couldn't pull it off against the Buffalo Sabres, 6 to 5, on March 1, 1983.

Final

Sabres

31-22-12

6

Whalers

16-43-6

5

Team

BUF

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

HFD

Doug Sulliman (EV) assisted by Ray Neufeld and Mark Johnson

Dale McCourt (EV) assisted by Tony McKegney and Lindy Ruff

Gilles Hamel (EV) assisted by Phil Housley and David Fenyves

Paul Cyr (PP) assisted by Dave Andreychuk and Mal Davis

2nd period

BUF

HFD

Paul Cyr (EV) assisted by Mal Davis and Bill Hajt

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Blaine Stoughton and Merlin Malinowski

Ray Neufeld (EV) unassisted

3rd period

BUF

HFD

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Mark Renaud and Blaine Stoughton

Dale McCourt (EV) unassisted

Mike Foligno (EV) assisted by Andre Savard and Brent Peterson

Blaine Stoughton (EV) assisted by Merlin Malinowski

Sabres

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (W) B. Sauve	1	0	0	30	25	.833	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Paul Cyr P. Cyr	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	100.0
Mal Davis M. Davis	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
David Fenyves D. Fenyves	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Hamel G. Hamel	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	2	100.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Hannu Virta H. Virta	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Veisor (L) M. Veisor	0	1	0	29	23	.793	6	6.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ron Francis R. Francis	2	0	2	+1	0	3	66.7
Mark Johnson M. Johnson	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Chris Kotsopoulos C. Kotsopoulos	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0.0
Pierre Lacroix P. Lacroix	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0.0
Paul Lawless P. Lawless	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Merlin Malinowski M. Malinowski	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0.0
Mike McDougal M. McDougal	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Ray Neufeld R. Neufeld	1	1	2	+1	0	4	25.0
Mark Renaud M. Renaud	0	1	1	-1	0	0
Risto Siltanen R. Siltanen	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Stuart Smith S. Smith	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	1	2	3	+1	0	4	25.0
Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Robert Sullivan R. Sullivan	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mickey Volcan M. Volcan	0	0	0	-2	0	0