Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Sunday, March 1, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 40–22.
Tony McKegney scored twice and Dwight Foster scored a hat trick. Richie Dunn, Jean-Francois Sauve, Terry O'Reilly, Rick Middleton and Wayne Cashman also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Tony McKegney (28)Danny Gare (27), John Van Boxmeer (38)1–006:50 BUF · 
Dwight Foster (14)Steve Kasper (25)1–107:00 BOS
2nd period
- Dwight Foster (15)Dick Redmond (15)1–212:09 BOS
Richie Dunn (6)Alan Haworth (11)2–214:57 BUF
Jean-Francois Sauve (5)Danny Gare (28)3–215:19 BUF- Dwight Foster (16)Steve Kasper (26), Wayne Cashman (27)3–316:21 BOS
3rd period
- Tony McKegney (29)Danny Gare (29)4–305:55 BUF
Terry O'Reilly (7)Peter McNab (37), Dick Redmond (16)4–408:53 BOS
Rick Middleton (36)Dick Redmond (17), Jean Ratelle (23)4–510:31 BOS
Wayne Cashman (22)Dwight Foster (22), Brad Park (43)4–614:41 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2240
0%0%
1/40/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:51 into the first period
Jim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min - 6:27 into the first period
Peter McNab · high sticking2 min - 8:58 into the first periodDick Redmond · holding2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · cross checking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodLarry Playfair · hooking2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodRick Middleton · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodDick Redmond · delaying game2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 27Dwight FosterR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |