Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, November 18, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Wednesday, November 18, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 37–32.
Goals came from Denis Savard, Ric Seiling, Al Secord, Danny Gare, Tony McKegney, Tom Lysiak and Glen Sharpley.
Tony Esposito made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (10)Unassisted0–101:00 CHI
Ric Seiling (11)Gilbert Perreault (1), Yvon Lambert (11)1–106:24 BUF
Al Secord (19)Dave Hutchison (7), Greg Fox (6)1–215:13 CHI
2nd period
Danny Gare (5)Gilles Hamel (1)2–202:16 BUF
Tony McKegney (11)Danny Gare (12), John Van Boxmeer (18)3–206:31 BUF
Tom Lysiak (6)Keith Brown (13), Tony Esposito (2)3–309:25 CHI · 
Glen Sharpley (4)Bill Gardner (3), Doug Wilson (18)3–409:40 CHI
Team stats
BUFCHI
3732
0%0%
0/21/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Rich Preston · interference2 min - 1:48 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · tripping2 min - 7:50 into the first periodDoug Wilson · interference2 min
- 9:40 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodReg Kerr · tripping2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodRichie Dunn · elbowing2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodReg Kerr · holding2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · holding2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodYvon Lambert · hooking2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodReg Kerr · interference2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · slashing2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodDenis Savard · elbowing2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the third periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |