November 25th, 1982
Buffalo Sabres (19-4-5) at
Montreal Canadiens (15-13-1)
We are home to face the Eastern Conference Leading Buffalo Sabres. In our 1st meeting we beat the Sabres 6-5 at the Bell Center. Montreal will welcome back
Daric Dufour to the line up tonight. The 28 year old has not played since November 10th when he injured his shoulder. As well tonight will be C
Harman Clements 1982 Habs debute. He had 3 games with Montreal last season without any points. Both players will be playing on the 4th line tonight.
The Sabres are a well balanced team. They are ranked 4th in GF per game at 3.11 and 5th at GA per game at 2.25. The Sabres Top line consists of .............
LW
Jan Pchalek. The 37 year old has 6 goals and 17 points in 28 games this year. An excellent passing playmaker that has great offensive read. In his 3rd season as an Sabre, Pchalek has 28 goals, 43 assists for 71 points with 57 PIMs and a +11 rating in 109 games. Injuries have limited him to just 28 and 53 games the past 2 years.
C
Colin Gagne. The 35 year old Gagne has 7 goals and 15 points in 23 games this year. The 2-time All-Star finds a way to get open and is strong in the face circle. In his 3rd season as a Sabre, he has 69 goals, 110 assists for 179 points with 134 PIMs and a +46 rating in 187 NHL games.
RW
Wilfred Caldwell. The 28 year old "Captain" has 7 goals and 25 points in 28 games. The 1982 All-Star Is solid on both ends of the rink and is a determined checker. In his 3rd season with Buffalo, he has 60 goals, 117 assists for 177 points with 88 PIMs and a +41 rating in 190 games.
LD
Stephen West. The 38 year old West has 1 goal and 11 points in 28 games. West is big hitter and shot blocker that can also give a great first pass to get out of the zone. In 178 games, all with the Sabres, he has 25 goals, 73 assists for 98 points with 157 PIMs and a +48 rating.
RD
Gabriel Jalbert. The 31 year old Jalbert has 11 goals and 13 points in 28 games. The 1982 All-Star is a strong checker and can log long minutes. In 184 NHL games, all with the Sabres he has 44 goals, 83 assists for 127 points with 70 PIMs and a +42 rating.
Buffalo will send G
Jarrett Edmundson to the nets, he has 2 wins in 4 starts this year and a .934 save %. Montreal has G
Mike Blackshear in the goal, he has 12 wins in 24 starts with a .881 save %.
Montreal opens up the scoring at 6:16 of the 1st when C
Melvin Swiney gets his 5th of the year on Montreal's 2nd shot of the period.
Marc-Andre Berube makes it 2-0 with his 1st of the year at 7:54. 2 goals on 3 shots. Buffalo makes it 2-1 at 13:42 when RW
Eric Blakeway gets his 4th of the season. The period ends with the score 2-1 Montreal and the Habs out-shooting the Sabres 9 to 8.
Montreal makes it 3-1 at 11:50 of the 2nd when LW
Tom Gaskell gets his 3rd of the year. Buffalo closes the gap with a 5 on 3 PP goal by C
Colin Gagne, his 8th of the year at 14:55. The period ends 3-2 in favour of Montreal with the shots 12 to 6 in the period for Montreal. Buffalo is 1 for 4 on the PP while Montreal is 0 for 5.
Montreal takes a 4-2 lead at 6:09 of the 3rd when LD
Yegor Berestnev gets his 4th of the year. The 2 goal lead was short lived as the Sabres score at 7:06, C
Kelvin Spencer gets his 12th. Montreal will go on a 5 on 3 PP for 51 seconds as the Sabres get a boarding penalty at 10:09. Buffalo kills both penalties. Montreal gets another PP at 14:14 of the 3rd. They only got 1 shot on goal. Montreal does hang on for the win going 0 for 10 on the PP.
Montreal's LD
Yegor Berestnev was named the 1st star with his goal and assist. The 28 year old now has 4 goals and 24 points in 30 games. In 153 career NHL games (30 with the Flames) he has 24 goals, 102 assists for 126 points with 82 PIMs and a -9 rating.
Montreal 4 Buffalo 3
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Melvin Swiney | 5 | Ronnie Marvin | Yegor Berestnev |
| 1st | MTL | Marc-Andre Berube | 1 | Dave Wright | Al Ladd |
| 1st | BUF | Eric Blakeway | 4 | Kent Lunney |
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| 2nd | MTL | Tom Gaskell | 3 | Melvin Swiney | Marc-Andre Berube |
| 2nd | BUF | Colin Gagne (PP) | 8 | Wilfred Caldwell |
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| 3rd | MTL | Yegor Berestnev | 4 | Jiri Bohm |
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| 3rd | BUF | Kelvin Spencer | 12 | Wilfred Caldwell | Jan Pchalek |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| BUF | Jarrett Edmundson | 35 | 4 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 21 | 3 |
Around the league..........
Edmonton Oilers LD
Frank Christian had a goal in a 3-2 win over the Stars. The 31 year old Christian now has 10 goals and 33 points in 28 games. The 1981 Norris Trophy winner has played 182 career NHL games, all for the Oilers and has 40 goals, 112 assists, 152 points with 129 PIMs and a +47 rating.
Pittsburgh Penguins LW
Travis Chambers had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over the Flames. The 32 year old Chambers now has 16 goals and 42 points in 28 games. The 1981 All-Star has 44 goals, 61 assists for 105 points with 69 PIMs and a +24 rating in 106 career NHL (67 with the Red Wings) games.
New Jersey Devils G
Jeremy Hollowell made 42 saves in a 3-1 win over the Islanders. The 19 year old Hollowell has 10 wins, a 2.83 GAA and .913 save % in 22 starts this year. In his 2nd season with the Devils, Hollowell now has a 32-35-7 record with 8 saves, a 2.66 GAA and .916 save % in 74 career NHL games.