Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, October 31, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 29–24.
Goals came from Pat Price, Mario Faubert, Paul Gardner and John Van Boxmeer.
Michel Dion made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Price (1)Greg Malone (3)0–117:13 PIT
2nd period
Mario Faubert (2)Randy Carlyle (12), Greg Malone (4)0–210:33 PIT ·
3rd period
Paul Gardner (6)Pat Price (6)0–312:13 PIT
John Van Boxmeer (2)Tony McKegney (8), Jean-Francois Sauve (7)1–314:08 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
2429
0%0%
0/61/7
5535
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Larry Playfair · slashing2 min - 1:00 into the first period
Gary Rissling · cross checking2 min - 2:02 into the first periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
- 3:25 into the first periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the first periodGary Rissling · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodCraig Ramsay · tripping2 min
- 12:39 into the first periodRuss Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 1:29 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing double minor4 min
- 2:03 into the second periodRick Kehoe · hooking2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 11:16 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodBill Hajt · cross checking2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodPat Boutette · holding2 min
- 5:06 into the third periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 14:44 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 14:44 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · misconduct10 min
- 14:44 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · misconduct10 min
- 14:44 into the third periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 14:44 into the third periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 14:44 into the third periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
- 16:38 into the third periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodLindy Ruff · misconduct10 min
- 16:38 into the third periodRic Seiling · high sticking2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |