Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
Steve Christoff (8)Greg Smith (10), Ron Zanussi (11)1–006:32 MNS
Steve Payne (14)Al MacAdam (26), Bobby Smith (28)2–019:54 MNS
3rd period
Derek Smith (13)John Van Boxmeer (21)2–107:48 BUF
Alan Haworth (3)Bill Hajt (7)2–216:21 BUF
Team stats
MNSBUF
1729
0%0%
0/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:11 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · hooking2 min - 6:11 into the second periodMike Ramsey · slashing2 min
- 10:31 into the second period
Greg Smith · holding2 min - 12:41 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 2:57 into the third periodBobby Smith · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | T | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |