Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, October 7, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

3–5

27–36

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, October 7, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 36–27.

Ryan Walter scored twice. Jean-Francois Sauve, Bobby Carpenter, Steve Patrick, Craig Ramsay, Lindy Ruff and Tony McKegney also scored.

Don Edwards made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 31 of 36.

Goals
WSH	1	1	1	3	27
BUF	1	4	0	5	36

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Walter (1)Bobby Carpenter (1), Paul MacKinnon (1)1–000:12 WSH
Jean-Francois Sauve (1)Alan Haworth (1), Tony McKegney (1)1–107:38 BUF

2nd period

Bobby Carpenter (1)Ryan Walter (1), Mike Gartner (1)2–103:06 WSH
Steve Patrick (1)Lindy Ruff (1)2–204:00 BUF
Craig Ramsay (1)Bob Hess (1), Mike Ramsey (1)2–309:41 BUF
Lindy Ruff (1)Randy Cunneyworth (1)2–413:51 BUF
Tony McKegney (1)Danny Gare (1)2–516:14 BUF

3rd period

Ryan Walter (2)Terry Murray (1)3–515:35 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

2736

0%0%

0/20/2

Penalties

9:43 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · holding2 min
14:38 into the first periodOrest Kindrachuk · hooking2 min
18:35 into the first periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
18:35 into the first periodJean Pronovost · high sticking2 min
10:43 into the second periodRick Green · holding2 min
17:57 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
11:41 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
11:41 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min

Season series

Capitals vs Sabres head-to-head →

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Ryan WalterC	2	1	3	+2	5	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	1	1	+3	3	0	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
25Terry MurrayD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
8Tim TookeyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	−3	4	0	–	–
18Roland StoltzR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
22Jean PronovostR	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
24Bob KellyL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
27Orest KindrachukC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
2Pat RibbleD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
4James McTaggartD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	–	–
20Greg ThebergeD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG	L	36	31	5	.861	59:29
30Dave ParroG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

8Tony McKegneyL	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	–	–
7Randy CunneyworthL	0	1	1	+2	3	6	–	–
10Craig RamsayL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
14Alan HaworthC	0	1	1	+1	5	0	–	–
18Danny GareR	0	1	1	0	6	0	–	–
21Jean-Francois SauveC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
26Steve PatrickR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
23Bob HessD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
15Yvon LambertL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
19Derek SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Richie DunnD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
4John Van BoxmeerD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
6Jim SchoenfeldD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Don EdwardsG	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	00:00