Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Monday, January 26, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Monday, January 26, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 33–25.
Goals came from Mike Bossy, Alan Haworth, Andre Savard, Stefan Persson, Bryan Trottier, Lindy Ruff, John Van Boxmeer and Craig Ramsay.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (51)Unassisted0–100:16 NYI
Alan Haworth (7)Tony McKegney (18), Derek Smith (27)1–102:23 BUF
Andre Savard (15)Ric Seiling (13), Craig Ramsay (21)2–103:32 BUF
Stefan Persson (5)Bryan Trottier (58), Dave Langevin (9)2–204:22 NYI
Bryan Trottier (20)Mike Bossy (35), Clark Gillies (34)2–311:35 NYI ·
2nd period
Lindy Ruff (6)John Van Boxmeer (28), Danny Gare (20)3–306:43 BUF · 
John Van Boxmeer (11)Andre Savard (20)4–317:45 BUF ·
3rd period
Craig Ramsay (12)Ric Seiling (14), Andre Savard (21)5–305:40 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
3325
0%0%
1/61/5
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:05 into the first period
Anders Kallur · interference2 min - 11:15 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 15:17 into the first periodCraig Ramsay · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the first periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 16:28 into the first periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
- 0:25 into the second periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
- 3:43 into the second periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodRic Seiling · interference2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
- 16:01 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · interference2 min
- 11:45 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 13:42 into the third periodDanny Gare · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |