St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, March 22, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

6–5

34–26

Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Sunday, March 22, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Blues outshot the Sabres 34–26.

Perry Turnbull scored twice. Andre Savard, Steve Patrick, Gilbert Perreault, Mike Zuke, Jack Brownschidle, Jorgen Pettersson, Wayne Babych, Tony McKegney and Alan Haworth also scored.

Mike Liut made 21 saves on 26 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 28 of 34.

Goals
STL	1	2	3	6	34
BUF	0	3	2	5	26

Scoring

1st period

Perry Turnbull (32)Mike Zuke (41), Tony Currie (25)1–000:39 STL

2nd period

Andre Savard (28)Steve Patrick (6), Richie Dunn (39)1–102:47 BUF
Steve Patrick (1)Craig Ramsay (32), Andre Savard (38)1–207:34 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (17)Rob McClanahan (11), John Van Boxmeer (47)1–309:12 BUF
Perry Turnbull (33)Wayne Babych (39), Mike Zuke (42)2–311:06 STL
Mike Zuke (24)Tony Currie (26)3–314:10 STL

3rd period

Jack Brownschidle (5)Unassisted4–302:58 STL ·
Jorgen Pettersson (35)Unassisted5–306:56 STL
Wayne Babych (52)Blake Dunlop (63)6–309:28 STL
Tony McKegney (32)Alan Haworth (19)6–413:37 BUF
Alan Haworth (16)Richie Dunn (40), John Van Boxmeer (48)6–519:09 BUF

Team stats

STLBUF

3426

0%0%

0/40/2

5357

Penalties

3:58 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
7:23 into the first periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
18:59 into the first periodRalph Klassen · holding2 min
7:51 into the second periodAndre Savard · holding2 min
7:51 into the second periodGerry Hart · holding2 min
1:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
1:48 into the third periodTony McKegney · fighting5 min
1:48 into the third periodBill Hajt · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodRob McClanahan · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodRic Seiling · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
1:48 into the third periodTony Currie · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodGerry Hart · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodJoe Micheletti · misconduct10 min
1:48 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · charging2 min
1:48 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · fighting5 min
1:48 into the third periodMike Zuke · misconduct10 min
10:48 into the third periodSteve Patrick · tripping2 min
15:51 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min

Season series

Blues vs Sabres head-to-head →

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

21Mike ZukeC	1	2	3	+2	2	10	–	–
9Perry TurnbullC	2	0	2	+2	3	7	–	–
10Wayne BabychR	1	1	2	+2	6	0	–	–
15Tony CurrieR	0	2	2	+1	1	10	–	–
19Blake DunlopC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
22Jorgen PetterssonL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
16Jack BrownschidleD	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
6Larry PateyC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
11Brian SutterL	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
14Blair ChapmanR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
26Mike CrombeenR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
28Ralph KlassenC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
2Gerry HartD	0	0	0	0	1	12	–	–
12Joe MichelettiD	0	0	0	−1	0	10	–	–
17Ed KeaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
18Rick LapointeD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG	W	26	21	5	.808	60:00
31Ed StaniowskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Andre SavardC	1	1	2	0	2	2	–	–
14Alan HaworthC	1	1	2	−2	3	0	–	–
26Steve PatrickR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	–	–
3Richie DunnD	0	2	2	+5	1	0	–	–
4John Van BoxmeerD	0	2	2	−1	5	0	–	–
8Tony McKegneyL	1	0	1	+2	3	5	–	–
10Craig RamsayL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
11Gilbert PerreaultC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	–	–
15Rob McClanahanC	0	1	1	−1	0	10	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	−1	1	10	–	–
17Gilles HamelL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
18Danny GareR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
6Jim SchoenfeldD	0	0	0	−2	1	10	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	0	0	+3	0	10	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	−4	0	2	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Don EdwardsG	L	34	28	6	.824	58:31
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	00:00