April 12th, 1983
Buffalo Sabres (48-26-8) at
Montreal Canadiens (49-29-4)
Buffalo leads series 3-2.
Montreal lives to fight another day and that day is today. G
Mike Blackshear was himself and the first line all got a point in the win. Can Montreal force a 7th game?
RW
Yevgeny Ronov is a former Sabre and would love to be a deciding factor in a series comeback against Buffalo. Ronov signed with Montreal as a free agent on July 10th, 1982 after splitting the previous season between the NHL Sabres and AHL Americans. This year Ronov had 15 goals and 42 points with an impressive +26 rating. Ronov is part of the 3rd line with LW
Vanoosten and C
Marvin. Ronov is primarily a Up and down responsible winger how can do a good job shadowing an opposition threat. The 21 year old Ronov has 1 goal and 3 points in 5 playoff games so far this year with a +1 rating.
The goalies will be
Aleksey Zhavronkov, he is 3-2 with a 3.01 GAA and .923 save % in the playoffs. Montreal goes with
Mike Blackshear, he is 2-3 with a 3.41 GAA and .847 save %.
Montreal gets the opening goal of game six, RW
John Herrod gets his 2nd of the playoffs at 11:09 of the 1st to make it 1-0 Montreal on the PP. Buffalo ties the score 1-1 at 13:22 of the 1st, RW
Jim Bunting gets his 2nd of the playoffs on the PP. Buffalo goes up 2-1 at 17:21 when C
Colin Gagne gets his 2nd of the playoffs, another PP goal. Montreal out shot Buffalo 13 to 8 in the 1st.
Montreal ties it up 2-2 at 9:48 of the 2nd period when RD
Marek Bartolcic gets his 2nd of the playoffs. Buffalo grabs a 3-2 lead at 18:48 of the 2nd when LD
Stephen West gets his 1st of the playoffs. Montreal gets it back before the period ends and ties it 3-3 at 19:27 when C
Dave Wright gets his 3rd of the playoffs. Montreal out shot Buffalo 13 to 3.
Buffalo gets a 4-3 lead at 7:20 of the 3rd period when RW
Adrian Gore gets his 1st of the playoffs. Buffalo holds on to beat Montreal 4-3 and win the series 4 games to 2. Montreal out shot Buffalo 12 to 10 in the 3rd period. Buffalo was 2 for 5 on the PP, Montreal was 1 for 4.
Buffalo's RW
Jim Bunting was the 1st star, he had a goal and an assist in the win. The 30 year old Bunting has 2 goals and 8 points in 6 playoff games. He was part of the Boston Bruins Cup win last year, in 45 career playoff games, he has 15 goals and 35 points with a +6 rating.
Buffalo 4
Montreal 3
Buffalo wins series 4-2.
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | John Herrod (PP) | 2 | Lorenzo Bocci | Yegor Berestnev |
| 1st | BUF | Jim Bunting (PP) | 2 | Colin Gagne | Gabriel Jalbert |
| 1st | BUF | Colin Gagne (PP) | 2 | Gabriel Jalbert | Jim Bunting |
| 2nd | MTL | Marek Bartolcic | 2 | John Herrod | Chris Hughes |
| 2nd | BUF | Stephen West | 1 | Gabriel Jalbert | Soren Shalla |
| 2nd | MTL | Dave Wright | 3 | Jiri Bohm |
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| 3rd | BUF | Adrian Gore | 1 | Joel Pirus | Samuel Marcoux |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 21 | 4 |
| BUF | Aleksey Zhavronkov | 38 | 3 |
Around the league.............
Boston 3 Carolina 1 -Carolina Hurricanes RW Patrick Connor had a goal in the loss. The 28 year old now has 5 goals and 6 points in 6 playoff games this year. Connor has played in 12 career playoff games, has 6 goals and 10 points with a -1 rating.
Boston wins the series 4-2.
Florida 4 Islanders 2
Florida wins the series 4-2.
Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 2 -Edmonton Oilers RW David Panniers had a goal in the win. The 30 year old Panniers has 2 goals and 4 points in 6 playoff games this year. Panniers has played in 25 career NHL playoff games, he has 12 goals and 20 points with a +1 rating.
The series is tied 3-3.
Minnesota 4 Nashville 2
The series is tied 3-3.