Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on Saturday, December 12, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 29–23.
Gilbert Perreault scored a hat trick. Reed Larson, Mark Kirton and Mike Foligno also scored.
Don Edwards made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (9)Jim Korn (6), John Barrett (3)0–103:46 DET
Mark Kirton (9)Willie Huber (17), Paul Woods (13)0–212:08 DET
Gilbert Perreault (5)Mike Foligno (16), John Van Boxmeer (29)1–212:38 BUF
2nd period
- Gilbert Perreault (6)Mike Ramsey (8), Mike Foligno (17)2–208:40 BUF
Mike Foligno (17)Tony McKegney (16), Gilbert Perreault (6)3–217:35 BUF
3rd period
- Gilbert Perreault (7)Tony McKegney (17)4–214:28 BUF
Team stats
BUFDET
2329
0%0%
0/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Willie Huber · interference2 min - 3:25 into the first period
John Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min - 9:33 into the first periodLindy Ruff · cross checking2 min
- 18:08 into the first periodDon Murdoch · holding2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 6:20 into the third periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |