Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–1 on Wednesday, January 7, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 28–17.
Derek Smith scored twice. Craig Ramsay, Rick Martin, Robbie Ftorek and Ric Seiling also scored.
Bob Sauve made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Michel Plasse stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (14)Andre Savard (13), John Van Boxmeer (22)0–104:54 BUF ·
2nd period
Craig Ramsay (10)Mike Ramsey (9)0–203:00 BUF
Rick Martin (4)Unassisted0–311:36 BUF
Robbie Ftorek (6)Michel Goulet (16), Jacques Richard (20)1–319:09 QUE ·
3rd period
- Derek Smith (15)Tony McKegney (16), Richie Dunn (23)1–405:52 BUF
Ric Seiling (11)Andre Savard (14)1–511:24 BUF
Team stats
QUEBUF
1728
0%0%
1/11/3
117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:26 into the first period
Serge Bernier · holding2 min - 6:21 into the second periodKim Clackson · cross checking2 min
- 16:12 into the second period
Gilles Hamel · fighting5 min - 16:12 into the second periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 17:51 into the second periodRichie Dunn · tripping2 min
- 13:26 into the third periodDave Pichette · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 35Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |