Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 7, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Saturday, November 7, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 25–22.
Bob Bourne scored twice, John Van Boxmeer scored a hat trick and Ric Seiling scored twice. Jean-Francois Sauve also scored.
Bob Sauve made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (7)Bryan Trottier (14)0–100:38 NYI
John Van Boxmeer (3)Tony McKegney (10), Danny Gare (7)1–109:42 BUF ·
2nd period
- John Van Boxmeer (4)Danny Gare (8), Jean-Francois Sauve (9)2–101:24 BUF ·
- John Van Boxmeer (5)Tony McKegney (11), Yvon Lambert (6)3–117:04 BUF
3rd period
Ric Seiling (8)Yvon Lambert (7), Andre Savard (2)4–101:31 BUF · - Ric Seiling (9)John Van Boxmeer (13), Tony McKegney (12)5–106:13 BUF ·
Jean-Francois Sauve (5)John Van Boxmeer (14), Bob Hess (5)6–109:47 BUF · - Bob Bourne (8)Clark Gillies (3)6–215:14 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
2522
0%0%
5/80/4
1523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:11 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 8:42 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · interference2 min - 11:22 into the first periodMike Ramsey · closing hand on puck2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodDave Langevin · delaying game2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodLarry Playfair · interference2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDuane Sutter · charging2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodDanny Gare · high sticking2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 5:21 into the third periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 6:57 into the third periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodDave Langevin · elbowing2 min
- 9:42 into the third periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |