Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 11, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 35–20.
Dave Silk scored twice. Mike Allison, Dean Talafous, Randy Cunneyworth, Jere Gillis, Steve Patrick, Ron Duguay, Mike Rogers and Derek Smith also scored.
Steve Weeks made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Silk (2)Mark Pavelich (8), Ron Greschner (6)0–101:40 NYR- Dave Silk (3)Mark Pavelich (9), Ron Duguay (5)0–204:32 NYR
Mike Allison (3)Dean Talafous (2), Jere Gillis (3)0–317:57 NYR
2nd period
Dean Talafous (1)Jere Gillis (4), Ron Greschner (7)0–414:35 NYR
3rd period
Randy Cunneyworth (1)Steve Patrick (2)1–403:44 BUF
Jere Gillis (2)Dean Talafous (3)1–506:28 NYR
Steve Patrick (3)Bob Hess (7), Larry Playfair (2)2–508:21 BUF
Ron Duguay (11)Mikko Leinonen (4), Dave Silk (5)2–616:43 NYR
Mike Rogers (8)Eddie Johnstone (8)2–717:26 NYR
Derek Smith (2)Tony McKegney (13), Danny Gare (10)3–718:52 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYR
2035
0%0%
0/30/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 8:08 into the first period
Larry Playfair · slashing2 min - 8:08 into the first periodPat Hickey · elbowing2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodBob Sauve · delaying game2 min
- 5:39 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodNick Fotiu · elbowing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Steve PatrickR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 13 | 3 | .769 |
New York Rangers
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |