1982–83 Round 1
Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
The Sabres defeated the Canadiens 3-0.
Series Summary
Buffalo had more shot attempts in all situations and won the series 3-0.
3-0
RECORD
8
GF
2
GA
+6
DIFF
28.6%
PP%
92.3%
PK%
- IN NET
- Buffalo Sauve .974
- TOP SKATER
- Ramsey, 1.9 series Game Score (1G, 1A)
Game Log
| Game | Date | Score | Result | BUF SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Apr 6 | MTL 0 – 1 BUF | W | 26 |
| Game 2 | Apr 7 | MTL 0 – 3 BUF | W | 21 |
| Game 3 | Apr 9 | BUF 4 – 2 MTL | W | 26 |
Win Probability by Game
Buffalo's chance of winning, one game at a time.
Game 1, Apr 6, 1983: BUF 1 at MTL 0. Game page
WIN PROBABILITY
Opened at 43%.
P3 20:00
BIGGEST SWINGS
- P3 02:30B. Peterson (1) 46% to 73%+27
- P2 06:15Fighting on Mario Tremblay, 5 min 33% to 45%+12
- P1 04:29Fighting on Larry Playfair, 5 min 44% to 34%-10
- P1 04:29Fighting on Chris Nilan, 5 min 34% to 44%+10
Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.
Win DNA
Winning traits, game by game. Definitions and season win rates are on Team Stats.
Wins (38)Losses (29)
No losses in this series, so this is the regular season's shape.
Skaters
| Player | GP | Scoring | PP | Game Score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | P ▾ | +/- | PIM | SOG | GS | |||||||
| Gilles Hamel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1.7 | ||||
| Lindy Ruff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.9 | ||||
| Dale McCourt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Tony McKegney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.4 | ||||
| Craig Ramsay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Gilbert Perreault | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.2 | ||||
| Ric Seiling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | ||||
| Mike Foligno | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.9 | ||||
| Paul Cyr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Brent Peterson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Mal Davis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | ||||
| Hannu Virta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | ||||
| John Van Boxmeer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1.1 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.2 | ||||
| Larry Playfair | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | ||||
| Andre Savard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 | ||||
| Bill Hajt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.3 | ||||
Goalies
| Goalie | GP ▾ | W-L | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI/G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | 3 | 3-0 | 2 | 0.67 | .974 | 2 | 60:00 | 5.9 |
A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings.