Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Wednesday, February 25, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 35–28.
Goals came from Mike Allison, Nick Fotiu, Dean Talafous, Gilles Hamel, Andre Savard, Anders Hedberg, Alan Haworth, Steve Vickers and Lance Nethery.
Steve Baker made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Allison (20)Tom Laidlaw (17)0–102:31 NYR
Nick Fotiu (9)Dave Maloney (28), Steve Vickers (30)0–209:25 NYR
2nd period
Dean Talafous (11)Unassisted0–301:16 NYR · 
Gilles Hamel (7)Ric Seiling (19), Rob McClanahan (5)1–309:17 BUF
Andre Savard (22)Craig Ramsay (27), Richie Dunn (34)2–310:43 BUF
Anders Hedberg (22)Dave Maloney (29), Ron Duguay (14)2–414:53 NYR
3rd period
Alan Haworth (11)Jean-Francois Sauve (8), Tony McKegney (22)3–403:18 BUF
Steve Vickers (16)Tom Laidlaw (18), Lance Nethery (5)3–505:49 NYR
Lance Nethery (7)Steve Vickers (31), Ron Duguay (15)3–619:45 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
3528
0%0%
0/30/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:05 into the first period
Rob McClanahan · interference2 min - 0:50 into the second period
Dave Maloney · holding2 min - 16:29 into the second periodJean-Francois Sauve · high sticking2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodJean-Francois Sauve · roughing2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · high sticking2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodTony McKegney · holding2 min
- 8:22 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |