Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 25, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Sunday, October 25, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 36–31.
Danny Gare scored twice and Brad Maxwell scored twice. Steve Patrick, Brad Palmer, Dino Ciccarelli, Kent-Erik Andersson and Steve Christoff also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Patrick (2)Lindy Ruff (2), Randy Cunneyworth (4)0–101:08 BUF
Brad Palmer (2)Steve Christoff (5), Craig Hartsburg (5)1–109:36 MNS
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (7)Steve Payne (3), Bobby Smith (10)2–101:05 MNS
Danny Gare (2)Jean-Francois Sauve (5), Tony McKegney (6)2–202:20 BUF- Danny Gare (3)Tony McKegney (7), Jean-Francois Sauve (6)2–304:52 BUF
Brad Maxwell (3)Steve Payne (4), Tim Young (2)3–310:03 MNS- Brad Maxwell (4)Brad Palmer (3)4–319:04 MNS
3rd period
Kent-Erik Andersson (2)Bobby Smith (11), Dino Ciccarelli (5)5–315:26 MNS
Steve Christoff (2)Neal Broten (1), Craig Hartsburg (6)6–319:41 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSBUF
3136
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0/20/4
2016
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00
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00
Penalties
- 10:20 into the first period
Gilles Hamel · interference2 min - 11:11 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 15:29 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · high sticking2 min
- 1:19 into the third periodSteve Payne · tripping2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodRichie Dunn · hooking2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodSteve Patrick · misconduct10 min
- 14:01 into the third periodSteve Payne · misconduct10 min
- 19:28 into the third periodDanny Gare · interference2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodGilles Meloche · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |