April 5th, 1983 
Buffalo Sabres (48-26-8) at
Montreal Canadiens (49-29-4)
Series tied at 1-1.
Montreal comes home to the Bell Center and are tied in the series so mission accomplished in Buffalo. The Canadiens threw pucks at the net like crazy in game 2 and hope to find a way to win in game 3.
RD
Matej Ouhrabka is on our top defensive pairing with
Yegor Berestnev. Ouhrabka's main role is to play a two way game and he can do a great job of crease clearing. Offensively he is a capable point shooter as well. The birthday boy turned 25 today, had 6 goals in the regular season, he has 28 career goals in 221 NHL games. In the playoffs this year in 2 games he has 1 goal and 1 point. He was part of the Cup winning team in 80-81 and has played in 19 career NHL playoff games, got his 1st goal and has 8 helpers for 9 points. He has a +9 rating in the playoffs.
The goaltenders will be the same for game 3, G
Aleksey Zhavronkov is 1-1 in the playoffs with a 3.50 GAA and .916 save %. Montreal's G
Mike Blackshear is 1-1 as well with a 4.00 GAA and a .855 save %.
Montreal scores on the 1st shot of the game, RW
Yevgeny Ronov scores his 1st career NHL playoff goal at 1:01 to make it 1-0. Montreal makes it 2-0 at 5:34 when LW
Batsaikhany Vanoosten gets his 1st of playoffs. Buffalo makes it 2-1 Montreal at 8:48 when LW
Anthoni Moreau gets his 1st of the playoffs. Buffalo ties it up at 2 moments later when RW
Wilfred Caldwell gets his 2nd of the playoffs at 10:08. So far there are 4 goals on just 8 combined shots. The periiod ends with Montreal out shooting the Sabres 11 to 4.
Buffalo takes a 3-2 lead at 2:49 when LW
Anthoni Moreau gets his 2nd of the game. 3 goals on just 5 shots for Buffalo. Montreal makes it a 3-3 game when LW
Tom Gaskell scores his 1st career playoff goal at 14:49. The period ends with Montreal out shooting Buffalo 6 to 4 in the period. Both teams are 0 for 1 on the PP so far.
Buffalo goes up 4-3 at 3:26 when RW
Wilfred Caldwell scores his 3rd of the playoffs on the PP. Buffalo now has 4 goals on just 10 shots. Montreal poured it on to try to tie it up, but fell short. Montreal out shot the Sabres 14 to 8 in the 3rd period. Buffalo was 1 for 3 on the PP, Montreal was 0 for 3.
Buffalo's LW
Anthoni Moreau was the 1st star with 2 goals. The 21 year old is playing in the NHL playoffs for the 1st time, he has 2 goals and 3 points in 3 playoff games. He had 27 goals in his rookie season this year.
Buffalo 4
Montreal 3
Buffalo leads series 2-1.
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Yevgeny Ronov | 1 | Marek Bartolcic | Batsaikhany Vanoosten |
| 1st | MTL | Batsaikhany Vanoosten | 1 | John Herrod | Marc-Andre Berube |
| 1st | BUF | Anthoni Moreau | 1 | Gabriel Jalbert | Jim Bunting |
| 1st | BUF | Wilfred Caldwell | 1 | Marc Smith | Colin Gagne |
| 2nd | BUF | Anthoni Moreau | 2 | Robert Fraser |
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| 2nd | MTL | Tom Gaskell | 1 | Rob Lynch | Yegor Berestnev |
| 3rd | BUF | Wilfred Caldwell (PP) | 2 | Stephen West |
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| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 16 | 4 |
| BUF | Aleksey Zhavronkov | 31 | 3 |
Around the league................
Boston 4 Carolina 3
Carolina leads series 2-1
Washington 3 Pittsburgh 1
Washington leads series 3-0.
Florida 6 Islanders 5
Florida leads series 3-0.
Winnipeg 2 Edmonton 1
Winnipeg leads series 2-1.
Calgary 2 Anaheim 1
Calgary leads series 2-1.
Nashville 4 Minnesota 3- Predators C Jeremy Longboat had a goal and 2 assists. The 25 year old now has 3 goals and 5 points in 3 playoff games. For his career he has played in 11 NHL playoff games, has 5 goals and 11 points.
Nashville leads series 2-1.
St Louis 3 Dallas 2
St Louis leads series 2-1.