Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, February 12, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Thursday, February 12, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 41–20.
Tony McKegney scored twice and Ric Seiling scored a hat trick. Yvon Labre, Mike Gartner, Don Luce and Rick Green also scored.
Bob Sauve made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Labre (2)Unassisted1–009:49 WSH
Mike Gartner (30)Dennis Maruk (28)2–018:38 WSH
2nd period
Tony McKegney (22)Richie Dunn (29), John Van Boxmeer (33)2–110:27 BUF · 
Don Luce (14)Unassisted2–214:22 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (18)Craig Ramsay (25), Andre Savard (26)2–319:10 BUF
Rick Green (4)James McTaggart (4)3–319:57 WSH
3rd period
- Tony McKegney (23)John Van Boxmeer (34), Derek Smith (35)3–409:29 BUF ·
- Ric Seiling (19)Mike Ramsey (14), Andre Savard (27)3–512:27 BUF
- Ric Seiling (20)Don Luce (11), Bill Hajt (11)3–618:40 BUF ·
Team stats
WSHBUF
2041
0%0%
0/32/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:25 into the first period
James McTaggart · holding2 min - 9:32 into the second periodGlen Currie · tripping2 min
- 13:08 into the second period
Mike Ramsey · tripping2 min - 2:53 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Ric SeilingR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 29Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |