Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 8, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kotsopoulos (3)Unassisted1–003:04 HFD
Tony McKegney (10)Danny Gare (9)1–115:28 BUF · 
Derek Smith (1)Bob Hess (6), John Van Boxmeer (15)1–215:48 BUF
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (9)Mark Howe (3), Blake Wesley (4)2–218:25 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
3024
0%0%
0/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:22 into the first period
John Garrett · delaying game2 min - 15:10 into the first periodRick MacLeish · tripping2 min
- 16:17 into the first period
Alan Haworth · interference2 min - 0:57 into the second periodLarry Playfair · hooking2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodGarry Howatt · charging2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodRichie Dunn · holding2 min
- 3:16 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · hooking2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodAlan Haworth · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | T | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Kai SuikkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | T | 30 | 2 | .933 |