Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 9–0 on Saturday, October 10, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 40–22.
Guy Lafleur scored twice and Mark Hunter scored twice. Keith Acton, Mark Napier, Pierre Larouche, Mario Tremblay and Doug Wickenheiser also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Acton (1)Larry Robinson (1), Guy Lafleur (3)0–107:56 MTL ·
2nd period
Guy Lafleur (1)Keith Acton (2), Rejean Houle (1)0–201:34 MTL
Mark Napier (1)Doug Jarvis (1), Bob Gainey (1)0–304:45 MTL
Pierre Larouche (2)Doug Wickenheiser (2)0–406:04 MTL- Guy Lafleur (2)Keith Acton (3), Rejean Houle (2)0–509:23 MTL ·
Mark Hunter (2)Pierre Mondou (2), Rick Wamsley (1)0–609:54 MTL
Mario Tremblay (2)Pierre Larouche (2), Doug Wickenheiser (3)0–715:13 MTL ·
3rd period
- Mark Hunter (3)Doug Risebrough (2), Rod Langway (2)0–803:09 MTL
Doug Wickenheiser (1)Pierre Larouche (3), Mario Tremblay (1)0–911:16 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
2240
0%0%
0/43/6
1612
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:48 into the first period
Richie Dunn · holding2 min - 3:35 into the first period
Rejean Houle · interference2 min - 7:38 into the first periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · hooking2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · high sticking2 min
- 9:05 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodDoug Wickenheiser · hooking2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodLindy Ruff · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · charging2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 14 | 2 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |