New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 13, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
Danny Gare (4)Yvon Lambert (8), John Van Boxmeer (16)0–113:06 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (10)Lindy Ruff (6), Yvon Lambert (9)0–214:38 BUF
Ron Greschner (4)Ed Hospodar (2), Mikko Leinonen (5)1–215:49 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)Pat Hickey (7), Mike Rogers (11)2–219:13 NYR
2nd period
Larry Playfair (2)Danny Gare (11), Derek Smith (1)2–300:35 BUF
Ron Duguay (12)Mark Pavelich (10)3–311:53 NYR
Team stats
NYRBUF
2133
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · holding2 min - 5:33 into the first period
Ron Greschner · charging2 min - 11:09 into the first periodMike Rogers · interference2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodNick Fotiu · tripping2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodYvon Lambert · slashing2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodPat Hickey · slashing2 min
- 6:08 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | T | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | T | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |