New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Sunday, April 5, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 26–24.
Billy Carroll scored twice. Danny Gare, John Van Boxmeer, Gilles Hamel, Gord Lane, Stefan Persson, Wayne Merrick, Hector Marini and Garry Howatt also scored.
Billy Smith made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Danny Gare (46)John Van Boxmeer (50), Andre Savard (43)0–101:47 BUF · 
John Van Boxmeer (18)Gilbert Perreault (39), Ric Seiling (27)0–204:44 BUF
Gilles Hamel (10)Lindy Ruff (18), John Van Boxmeer (51)0–314:50 BUF ·
2nd period
Gord Lane (3)Billy Carroll (3), Bryan Trottier (72)1–301:19 NYI · 
Billy Carroll (3)Hector Marini (6), Dave Langevin (15)2–309:33 NYI- Billy Carroll (4)Hector Marini (7), Dave Langevin (16)3–311:51 NYI
Stefan Persson (9)Wayne Merrick (15)4–312:45 NYI ·
3rd period
Wayne Merrick (16)Ken Morrow (11), Garry Howatt (15)5–304:34 NYI
Hector Marini (4)Clark Gillies (45), Billy Carroll (4)6–308:37 NYI
Garry Howatt (4)Bobby Nystrom (30)7–310:41 NYI
Team stats
NYIBUF
2624
0%0%
1/22/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · holding2 min - 5:28 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 9:22 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 14:09 into the first periodJean Potvin · holding2 min
- 16:06 into the first periodRic Seiling · slashing2 min
- 16:06 into the first periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 25Billy CarrollC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |