Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, January 9, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Dean Talafous (4)Phil Esposito (13), Dave Maloney (18)0–112:00 NYR
Ulf Nilsson (3)Dean Talafous (4)0–216:08 NYR
Tony McKegney (17)Mike Ramsey (10)1–216:42 BUF
2nd period
Tom Laidlaw (4)Barry Beck (9)1–300:28 NYR
Alan Haworth (4)Gilbert Perreault (29), Rick Martin (12)2–310:37 BUF
3rd period
Rick Martin (5)Andre Savard (15), Alan Haworth (3)3–316:49 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYR
2725
0%0%
0/30/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:03 into the first period
Rick Martin · hooking2 min - 18:07 into the first periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the second period
Ed Hospodar · elbowing2 min - 5:49 into the third periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodPhil Esposito · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | T | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | T | 27 | 3 | .889 |