Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (1)Mark Napier (2), Larry Robinson (6)1–000:24 MTL
Jean-Francois Sauve (3)Tony McKegney (4), Bill Hajt (1)1–107:04 BUF
Ric Seiling (2)John Van Boxmeer (5), Jean-Francois Sauve (2)1–212:52 BUF · 
Guy Lafleur (4)Larry Robinson (7), Guy Lapointe (3)2–219:14 MTL ·
2nd period
Tony McKegney (2)Danny Gare (4), John Van Boxmeer (6)2–304:34 BUF
Steve Shutt (5)Keith Acton (6), Brian Engblom (3)3–312:08 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2127
0%0%
2/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:45 into the first period
Mark Napier · interference2 min - 14:55 into the first period
Jim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min - 18:53 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodMark Napier · roughing2 min
- 2:31 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 0:30 into the third periodGuy Lapointe · holding2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodRic Seiling · interference2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 9:34 into the third periodPierre Mondou · hooking2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodAndre Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | T | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | T | 21 | 3 | .857 |