Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 on Saturday, March 21, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 42–35.
Ric Seiling scored twice and Danny Gare scored twice. Richie Dunn, Rick Vaive, Bill Derlago and Tony McKegney also scored.
Don Edwards made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 36 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (26)Andre Savard (37)1–010:24 BUF
Richie Dunn (7)John Van Boxmeer (45), Danny Gare (32)2–013:40 BUF · 
Danny Gare (41)John Van Boxmeer (46), Richie Dunn (38)3–019:50 BUF ·
2nd period
Rick Vaive (29)Ian Turnbull (43)3–102:11 TOR
Bill Derlago (32)Rick Vaive (26)3–213:27 TOR- Ric Seiling (27)Gilbert Perreault (35), Alan Haworth (18)4–216:12 BUF
- Danny Gare (42)Rob McClanahan (10), Tony McKegney (32)5–218:54 BUF
3rd period
Tony McKegney (31)Unassisted6–208:23 BUF
Team stats
BUFTOR
4235
0%0%
2/60/2
1523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Barry Melrose · tripping2 min - 6:37 into the first periodDan Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 10:42 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · interference2 min - 10:42 into the first periodRick Vaive · slashing2 min
- 13:05 into the first periodBill Derlago · hooking2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodLaurie Boschman · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the first periodRick Vaive · slashing2 min
- 7:16 into the second periodBill Hajt · holding2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 11:26 into the second periodBarry Melrose · slashing2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 13:00 into the third periodLarry Playfair · charging2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodRick Vaive · slashing2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodRob McClanahan · tripping2 min
- 17:41 into the third periodRene Robert · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |