Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 6, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–3 on Friday, February 6, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
Danny Gare scored twice, Jean-Francois Sauve scored twice and Andre Savard scored a hat trick. Mike Foligno, Paul Woods and Joe Paterson also scored.
Don Edwards made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Danny Gare (29)Andre Savard (24), Derek Smith (32)0–105:14 BUF · 
Jean-Francois Sauve (1)Richie Dunn (28), Ric Seiling (16)0–215:57 BUF · 
Andre Savard (18)Craig Ramsay (24), Ric Seiling (17)0–317:04 BUF
2nd period
- Danny Gare (30)Tony McKegney (20), Derek Smith (33)0–400:44 BUF
Mike Foligno (22)Glenn Hicks (7), Perry Miller (2)1–404:40 DET- Andre Savard (19)Danny Gare (24)1–512:38 BUF
- Andre Savard (20)Unassisted1–614:53 BUF
3rd period
- Jean-Francois Sauve (2)Larry Playfair (5), Jim Schoenfeld (16)1–705:56 BUF
Paul Woods (8)Willie Huber (24)2–710:12 DET
Joe Paterson (1)Dale McCourt (34), Reed Larson (25)3–713:06 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
3434
0%0%
0/42/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
John Van Boxmeer · interference2 min - 4:35 into the first period
Paul Woods · holding2 min - 7:57 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min
- 11:03 into the first periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 14:02 into the first periodDon Luce · roughing2 min
- 14:02 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
- 5:51 into the second periodMark Kirton · high sticking2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodJohn Barrett · delaying game2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodMike Ramsey · hooking2 min
- 15:14 into the third periodSteve Patrick · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Andre SavardC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |