Calgary Flames vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 on Saturday, March 7, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Flames 48–38.
Kent Nilsson scored twice. Don Lever, Guy Chouinard, Phil Russell, Darryl Sittler, Wilf Paiement, Bruce Boudreau, Ron Sedlbauer and Bob MacMillan also scored.
Pat Riggin made 44 saves on 48 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Don Lever (23)Pekka Rautakallio (42), Willi Plett (24)1–007:47 CGY
Guy Chouinard (27)Bob MacMillan (27), Paul Reinhart (37)2–014:53 CGY
2nd period
Phil Russell (4)Kent Nilsson (69), Ken Houston (11)3–016:01 CGY
3rd period
Darryl Sittler (35)Vitezslav Duris (9), Wilf Paiement (45)3–100:42 TOR
Kent Nilsson (38)Paul Reinhart (38), Brad Marsh (11)4–103:10 CGY
Wilf Paiement (32)Darryl Sittler (40), Ian Turnbull (35)4–203:50 TOR · - Kent Nilsson (39)Paul Reinhart (39)5–204:56 CGY ·
Bruce Boudreau (8)Unassisted5–305:16 TOR
Ron Sedlbauer (18)Wilf Paiement (46), Borje Salming (52)5–406:52 TOR · 
Bob MacMillan (21)Guy Chouinard (31), Eric Vail (33)6–418:05 CGY
Team stats
CGYTOR
3848
0%0%
1/32/6
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:14 into the first period
Pekka Rautakallio · hooking2 min - 15:58 into the first periodJim Peplinski · roughing2 min
- 15:58 into the first period
Rick Vaive · roughing2 min - 16:49 into the first periodBorje Salming · tripping2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodGuy Chouinard · interference2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 11:53 into the second periodWilli Plett · tripping2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodKen Houston · high sticking2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodBob Murdoch · holding2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodRick Vaive · slashing2 min
- 5:41 into the third periodJim Peplinski · fighting5 min
- 5:41 into the third periodDan Maloney · fighting5 min
- 6:31 into the third periodDon Lever · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 48 | 4 | .917 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |