Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, December 4, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Friday, December 4, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 40–29.
Gilbert Perreault scored twice. Rick MacLeish, Mike Foligno, Blaine Stoughton and Andre Savard also scored.
Don Edwards made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (3)Don Edwards (1)1–012:36 BUF
Rick MacLeish (6)Warren Miller (9), Mark Howe (10)1–119:15 HFD ·
2nd period
- Gilbert Perreault (4)John Van Boxmeer (23), Dale McCourt (16)2–105:13 BUF ·
Mike Foligno (14)Larry Playfair (4)3–110:17 BUF
3rd period
Blaine Stoughton (17)Mark Renaud (2), Chris Kotsopoulos (6)3–217:48 HFD
Andre Savard (5)Unassisted4–219:48 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
2940
0%0%
1/21/4
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Mike Foligno · tripping2 min - 14:45 into the first period
Jack McIlhargey · tripping2 min - 17:35 into the first periodBill Hajt · holding2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodBlake Wesley · holding2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodLarry Playfair · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 14:22 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |