March 1st, 1983
Montreal Canadiens (42-24-4) at Buffalo Sabres (43-20-6)
Montreal faces the Sabres at KeyBank Center. Montreal has a 3-0-1 record against the Sabres this season. This will be a key game if the Canadiens have any aspirations in catching the 2nd place Sabres. Montreal trails Buffalo by 4 points. LW
Lorenzo Bocci has held a hot hand lately. In his past 13 games, he has been held pointless 4 times, but has 8 goals and 15 points in those games. He has been a +10 player and now 29 goals and 49 points in 51 games this season.
The Sabres as previously mentioned hold down the 2nd seed in the Atlantic, a point behind Florida, but with 2 games in hand. The Sabres can score goals, they are ranked 2nd in the NHL with 3.17 goals per game. The only weakness they have, if it can be called that is they are ranked 14th in goals against per game at 2.57.
Montreal starts G
Mike Blackshear, he has 34 wins in 57 games with a .901 save %. Buffalo starts G
Aleksey Zhavronkov, he has 35 wins in 51 games and a .914 save %.
It took nearly 8 minutes for Buffalo to register their 1st shot as it was a close checking start to the game. Montreal does open the scoring at 19:07 of the 1st when RW
Al Ladd scored his 23rd of the year on the PP to make it 1-0. Montreal out shot the Sabres 16 to 5 in the 1st.
Montreal goes up 2-0 at 11:37 of the 2nd when RW
John Herrod gets his 22nd of the year. The 2nd period ends with the Habs up 2-0 and they out shot Buffalo 13 to 10 in the 2nd period.
Montreal continues to push the pace and grabs a 3-0 lead at 6:23 of the 3rd when C
Dave Wright gets his 30th goal of the year on the PP. For Wright, his previous high was 25 goals last year and he had 17 in the 80-81 season. Buffalo does break up G
Mike Blackshear's shut out bid, LW
Anthoni Moreau scores his 19th of the year at 12:48 on the PP and it is 3-1 Montreal. Montreal recovers its 3 goals lead at 14:57 when LD
Marc-Andre Berube gets his 3rd of the year. It is now 4-1 Montreal. The shots were 10 to 10 in the 3rd period, Montreal was 2 for 9 on the PP while Buffalo was 1 for 3.
Montreal's RW
John Herrod was the 1st star with his goal and an assist. The 23 year old Herrod now has 22 goals and 65 points in 72 games. The 1983 All-Star has 52 goals, 184 points, 139 PIMs and a +3 rating in 236 career NHL games.
Montreal 4 Buffalo 1
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Al Ladd (PP) | 24 | Andrew Rickford | John Herrod |
| 2nd | MTL | John Herrod | 22 | Ashton Miller | Chris Hughes |
| 3rd | MTL | Dave Wright (PP) | 30 | Andrew Rickford | Lorenzo Bocci |
| 3rd | BUF | Anthoni Moreau (PP) | 19 | Jim Bunting |
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| 3rd | MTL | Marc-Andre Berube | 3 | Chris Hughes | Andrew Rickford |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 25 | 1 |
| BUF | Aleksey Zhavronkov | 39 | 4 |
Around the league............
Nashville Predators C
Jeremy Longboat had a goal and 2 assists in a 6-2 win over the Stars. The 25 year old now has 43 goals and 89 points in 71 games. The 2-time All-Star has played in 235 career NHL games, all with Nashville and has 102 goals, 226 points, 232 PIMs and a +37 rating.
Columbus Blue Jackets C
Samuel Chabot had a goal in a 2-1 win over the Canucks. The 28 year old now has 20 goals and 71 points in 73 games. The 2-time All-Star has played in 231 career NHL games,all with Columbus, has 69 goals, 210 points, 126 PIMs and a +62 rating.