Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 14–4 on Thursday, March 19, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 49–32.
Gilbert Perreault scored a hat trick, Derek Smith scored twice, Darryl Sittler scored twice, Andre Savard scored a hat trick and Danny Gare scored twice. John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling, Terry Martin, Craig Ramsay, Ron Sedlbauer and Gilles Hamel also scored.
Don Edwards made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 17 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John Van Boxmeer (16)Unassisted0–106:25 BUF ·
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (14)Unassisted0–204:27 BUF
Derek Smith (20)Tony McKegney (29), Jim Schoenfeld (21)0–308:46 BUF
Ric Seiling (25)Craig Ramsay (31), Andre Savard (34)0–410:27 BUF- Gilbert Perreault (15)Unassisted0–511:12 BUF
Darryl Sittler (42)Wilf Paiement (51)1–511:23 TOR
Terry Martin (17)Wilf Paiement (52), Ian Turnbull (40)2–511:54 TOR
Craig Ramsay (22)Ric Seiling (22), Andre Savard (35)2–613:24 BUF- Darryl Sittler (43)Borje Salming (60), Ian Turnbull (41)3–614:06 TOR ·
Andre Savard (25)Tony McKegney (30), Ric Seiling (23)3–715:50 BUF- Gilbert Perreault (16)John Van Boxmeer (42), Larry Playfair (7)3–817:42 BUF
Danny Gare (39)Derek Smith (42), Lindy Ruff (13)3–918:51 BUF- Andre Savard (26)Ric Seiling (24), Bill Hajt (17)3–1019:47 BUF
3rd period
Ron Sedlbauer (19)Ian Turnbull (42), Wilf Paiement (53)4–1004:34 TOR · - Derek Smith (21)Danny Gare (31), John Van Boxmeer (43)4–1110:47 BUF ·
- Danny Gare (40)John Van Boxmeer (44), Tony McKegney (31)4–1211:23 BUF
Gilles Hamel (9)Andre Savard (36), Larry Playfair (8)4–1315:26 BUF- Andre Savard (27)Larry Playfair (9), Gilbert Perreault (34)4–1418:49 BUF
Team stats
TORBUF
3249
0%0%
2/42/4
2830
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:13 into the first period
Rick Vaive · hooking2 min - 5:16 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:02 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · roughing2 min - 11:02 into the first periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the first periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 2:00 into the second periodBarry Melrose · cross checking2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodSteve Patrick · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodIan Turnbull · roughing2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 0:19 into the third periodSteve Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 0:19 into the third periodBorje Salming · high sticking2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodDanny Gare · elbowing2 min
- 10:08 into the third periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodRichie Dunn · roughing2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodTerry Martin · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodLindy Ruff · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodLindy Ruff · misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · misconduct10 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 5 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 32Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 27 | 10 | .630 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 22 | 4 | .818 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Andre SavardC | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 7 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |