Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 22, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Sunday, February 22, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 35–26.
Mark Napier scored twice. Bob Gainey, Tony McKegney, Jean-Francois Sauve and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Denis Herron made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (19)Chris Nilan (5), Doug Jarvis (17)1–000:22 MTL
2nd period
Mark Napier (23)Steve Shutt (33), Serge Savard (10)2–014:10 MTL- Mark Napier (24)Pierre Mondou (16), Larry Robinson (31)3–018:18 MTL
3rd period
Tony McKegney (27)Jean-Francois Sauve (7), Bill Hajt (14)3–101:24 BUF
Jean-Francois Sauve (3)Richie Dunn (33), Danny Gare (26)3–213:46 BUF · 
Guy Lafleur (19)Unassisted4–218:58 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2635
0%0%
0/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:56 into the first period
Jim Schoenfeld · tripping2 min - 14:02 into the first period
Gaston Gingras · holding2 min - 1:43 into the second periodAlan Haworth · interference2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodSerge Savard · holding2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodJean-Francois Sauve · interference2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodPierre Mondou · holding2 min
- 13:56 into the third periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the third periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |