Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 19, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Monday, January 19, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 31–16.
Wayne Cashman scored twice. Rick Middleton, Brad McCrimmon, Ray Bourque and Don Luce also scored.
Jim Craig made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (20)Mike O'connell (24)0–108:26 BOS
2nd period
Wayne Cashman (16)Peter McNab (24), Brad Park (30)0–202:08 BOS · 
Brad McCrimmon (6)Peter McNab (25)0–311:42 BOS- Wayne Cashman (17)Steve Kasper (19), Brad Park (31)0–413:50 BOS ·
3rd period
Ray Bourque (11)Unassisted0–509:54 BOS · 
Don Luce (11)Gilles Hamel (9), Richie Dunn (25)1–517:50 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
1631
0%0%
0/72/6
1419
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:00 into the first period
Keith Crowder · cross checking2 min - 12:43 into the first period
Jean-Francois Sauve · holding2 min - 15:17 into the first periodRay Bourque · cross checking2 min
- 16:56 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 0:50 into the second periodBill Hajt · interference2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodMike O'connell · interference2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodMike Milbury · fighting5 min
- 8:34 into the third periodDon Marcotte · high sticking2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodBill Hajt · interference2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodDwight Foster · hooking2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodRay Bourque · slashing2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodRick Martin · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jim CraigG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |