Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1981 · St. Louis Arena

4–7

30–38

Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Saturday, March 28, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Sabres 38–30.

Bernie Federko scored twice, Tony Currie scored twice, Tony McKegney scored twice and Brian Sutter scored twice. Danny Gare, Ralph Klassen and Craig Ramsay also scored.

Mike Liut made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 31 of 37.

Goals
BUF	1	2	1	4	30
STL	2	2	3	7	38

Scoring

1st period

Bernie Federko (27)Tony Currie (27)0–103:58 STL
Tony Currie (21)Brian Sutter (30), Bernie Federko (70)0–208:31 STL
Danny Gare (44)Ric Seiling (25), Andre Savard (40)1–211:26 BUF

2nd period

Ralph Klassen (6)Unassisted1–300:49 STL ·
Tony McKegney (34)Danny Gare (36), Gilbert Perreault (37)2–304:20 BUF
Tony McKegney (35)Danny Gare (37), Lindy Ruff (16)3–306:13 BUF ·
Bernie Federko (28)Perry Turnbull (21), Brian Sutter (31)3–413:05 STL

3rd period

Craig Ramsay (23)Andre Savard (41), Ric Seiling (26)4–410:24 BUF
Brian Sutter (33)Bernie Federko (71), Tony Currie (28)4–516:56 STL ·
Tony Currie (22)Unassisted4–618:44 STL ·
Brian Sutter (34)Tony Currie (29), Bernie Federko (72)4–719:43 STL ·

Team stats

BUFSTL

3038

0%0%

1/22/4

Penalties

17:28 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
19:48 into the first periodLarry Patey · elbowing2 min
4:39 into the second periodLarry Patey · tripping2 min
7:37 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · closing hand on puck2 min
16:03 into the third periodAndre Savard · holding2 min
18:44 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
18:44 into the third periodBench · game misconduct head coach0 min

Season series

Sabres vs Blues head-to-head →

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

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

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Don EdwardsG	L	37	31	6	.838	59:58
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	00:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

15Tony CurrieR	2	3	5	+3	4	0	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	2	3	5	+3	7	0	–	–
11Brian SutterL	2	2	4	+1	9	0	–	–
9Perry TurnbullC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
28Ralph KlassenC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
6Larry PateyC	0	0	0	−1	2	4	–	–
10Wayne BabychR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
19Blake DunlopC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
22Jorgen PetterssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
23Hartland MonahanR	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
26Mike CrombeenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Gerry HartD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
12Joe MichelettiD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
16Jack BrownschidleD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
17Ed KeaD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
18Rick LapointeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
20Bill StewartD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00
31Ed StaniowskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00