Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–1 on Wednesday, November 25, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 29–20.
Goals came from Dale McCourt, John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling and Gilbert Perreault.
Don Edwards made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Corrado Micalef stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Dale McCourt (12)Unassisted0–112:40 DET
John Van Boxmeer (6)Danny Gare (13)1–114:52 BUF
2nd period
Ric Seiling (13)Craig Ramsay (9), Richie Dunn (2)2–100:25 BUF
3rd period
Gilbert Perreault (1)Unassisted3–119:36 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFDET
2029
0%0%
0/30/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:07 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · tripping2 min - 2:42 into the second period
Dale McCourt · interference2 min - 3:59 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · holding2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · delaying game2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |