Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, February 19, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thursday, February 19, 1981 at Montreal Forum.
Yvon Lambert scored twice. Doug Jarvis, Steve Shutt, Ric Seiling, Pierre Mondou and Tony McKegney also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Lambert (16)Keith Acton (15), Brian Engblom (18)0–106:24 MTL
Doug Jarvis (12)Unassisted0–212:21 MTL
2nd period
Steve Shutt (29)Mario Tremblay (33), Keith Acton (16)0–316:35 MTL
3rd period
Ric Seiling (21)Jean-Francois Sauve (3), Tony McKegney (21)1–300:57 BUF- Yvon Lambert (17)Keith Acton (17), Serge Savard (9)1–414:52 MTL
Pierre Mondou (13)Guy Lafleur (37), Rod Langway (26)1–516:10 MTL
Tony McKegney (25)Jean-Francois Sauve (4)2–517:07 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
2626
0%0%
0/30/2
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:17 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · tripping2 min - 14:10 into the first period
Larry Robinson · cross checking2 min - 19:41 into the first periodSteve Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · roughing2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 1:35 into the third periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodSteve Patrick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodGaston Gingras · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |