Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 11, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Wednesday, March 11, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Sabres 43–23.
Goals came from Craig Ramsay, Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Christoff and Greg Smith.
Don Beaupre made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Ramsay (19)Unassisted1–001:04 BUF
Dino Ciccarelli (9)Brad Maxwell (6), Bobby Smith (55)1–108:07 MNS ·
2nd period
Steve Christoff (22)Kent-Erik Andersson (21), Greg Smith (20)1–201:52 MNS
Greg Smith (5)Steve Christoff (8), Kent-Erik Andersson (22)1–310:33 MNS
Team stats
BUFMNS
2343
0%0%
0/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · holding2 min - 8:24 into the first period
Greg Smith · holding2 min - 15:10 into the first periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 18:34 into the first periodAndre Savard · interference2 min
- 10:41 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 13:43 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodGordie Roberts · slashing2 min
- 10:55 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · boarding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |