Colorado Rockies vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 7–1 on Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rockies 31–24.
Tony McKegney scored a hat trick and Lindy Ruff scored twice. Bob MacMillan, Craig Ramsay and Mike Foligno also scored.
Don Edwards made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 24 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Tony McKegney (12)Andre Savard (8), Craig Ramsay (12)0–112:35 BUF
Lindy Ruff (6)Richie Dunn (3), Steve Patrick (5)0–215:07 BUF
2nd period
Bob MacMillan (7)Don Lever (14)1–204:05 CLR
3rd period
- Tony McKegney (13)Gilbert Perreault (5), John Van Boxmeer (27)1–308:39 BUF
- Lindy Ruff (7)Steve Patrick (6), Yvon Lambert (15)1–410:05 BUF
Craig Ramsay (8)Andre Savard (9), Ric Seiling (11)1–513:12 BUF
Mike Foligno (16)Tony McKegney (15), John Van Boxmeer (28)1–614:38 BUF- Tony McKegney (14)Mike Foligno (15)1–717:43 BUF
Team stats
CLRBUF
2431
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:09 into the second period
Gilbert Perreault · hooking2 min - 19:35 into the second period
Dwight Foster · tripping2 min - 18:25 into the third periodLarry Playfair · interference2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodDwight Foster · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 31 | 7 | .774 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 8 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |