Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 23, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 on Friday, October 23, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 43–32.
Tony McKegney scored a hat trick and Ric Seiling scored twice. Jim Benning, Andre Savard and John Anderson also scored.
Bob Sauve made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 37 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Tony McKegney (3)Alan Haworth (3), Bill Hajt (2)0–103:38 BUF- Tony McKegney (4)Yvon Lambert (2), Jean-Francois Sauve (3)0–205:31 BUF ·
Jim Benning (1)Dan Maloney (1), Bill Derlago (2)1–217:44 TOR ·
2nd period
Andre Savard (1)Ric Seiling (2), Craig Ramsay (2)1–310:53 BUF
Ric Seiling (3)Mike Ramsey (3), Yvon Lambert (3)1–413:22 BUF
3rd period
- Ric Seiling (4)Andre Savard (1), Richie Dunn (1)1–500:26 BUF
- Tony McKegney (5)Danny Gare (5), Jean-Francois Sauve (4)1–606:17 BUF
John Anderson (6)Fred Boimistruck (2), Bob Manno (7)2–619:49 TOR
Team stats
TORBUF
3243
0%0%
1/51/5
2424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Steve Patrick · tripping2 min - 5:12 into the first period
Darryl Sittler · cross checking2 min - 10:37 into the first periodMike Ramsey · fighting5 min
- 10:37 into the first periodBarry Melrose · cross checking2 min
- 10:37 into the first periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 15:57 into the first periodRichie Dunn · high sticking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodGary Yaremchuk · holding2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 3:50 into the second periodRic Seiling · tripping2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodWilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 2:45 into the third periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodSteve Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodSteve Patrick · fighting5 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 13:37 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodDarryl Sittler · roughing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Gary YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 39Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 43 | 6 | .861 |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |