New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, November 29, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

2–5

28–30

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Sunday, November 29, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 30–28.

Lindy Ruff scored a hat trick. Anders Kallur, Andre Savard, Mike McEwen and Craig Ramsay also scored.

Don Edwards made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 25 of 30.

Goals
NYI	1	1	0	2	28
BUF	0	2	3	5	30

Scoring

1st period

Anders Kallur (10)Bob Bourne (12)1–012:35 NYI ·

2nd period

Andre Savard (3)Yvon Lambert (12), John Van Boxmeer (22)1–103:38 BUF ·
Mike McEwen (1)Unassisted2–104:07 NYI
Lindy Ruff (3)Unassisted2–204:49 BUF

3rd period

Lindy Ruff (4)Ric Seiling (9), Yvon Lambert (13)2–303:13 BUF ·
Craig Ramsay (6)Andre Savard (5), Ric Seiling (10)2–404:22 BUF
Lindy Ruff (5)Larry Playfair (3), Steve Patrick (4)2–509:53 BUF

Team stats

NYIBUF

2830

0%0%

0/22/3

Penalties

11:11 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
17:05 into the first periodSteve Patrick · roughing2 min
2:13 into the second periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
2:46 into the third periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
7:03 into the third periodBill Hajt · holding2 min

Season series

Islanders vs Sabres head-to-head →

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

14Bob BourneC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	−2	3	2	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
91Butch GoringC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	+1	5	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	L	30	25	5	.833	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

22Lindy RuffL	3	0	3	+1	6	0	–	–
12Andre SavardC	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
15Yvon LambertL	0	2	2	0	4	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	2	2	0	3	0	–	–
10Craig RamsayL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
26Steve PatrickR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	–	–
4John Van BoxmeerD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
8Tony McKegneyL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
9Mike MollerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
11Gilbert PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	–
19Derek SmithC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
21Jean-Francois SauveC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
3Richie DunnD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
6Jim SchoenfeldD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Don EdwardsG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	00:00