Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Tuesday, December 15, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Kings outshot the Sabres 38–26.
Goals came from Dan Bonar, Andre Savard, Andre St. Laurent, Dale McCourt, Jim Fox, Gilbert Perreault and Steve Bozek.
Doug Keans made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Bonar (5)Jim Fox (12), Ian Turnbull (8)1–002:09 LAK · 
Andre Savard (7)Ric Seiling (14), Craig Ramsay (13)1–104:55 BUF
2nd period
Andre St. Laurent (1)Steve Jensen (13)2–102:19 LAK · 
Dale McCourt (15)Yvon Lambert (16)2–212:58 BUF
Jim Fox (9)Dave Lewis (6), Doug Smith (3)3–216:05 LAK
Gilbert Perreault (8)John Van Boxmeer (31), Lindy Ruff (13)3–319:48 BUF ·
3rd period
Steve Bozek (18)Dave Taylor (35), Dan Bonar (13)4–309:25 LAK
Team stats
LAKBUF
3826
0%0%
1/71/6
1426
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 10:41 into the first period
Dan Bonar · interference2 min - 12:09 into the first periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodJerry Korab · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodSteve Patrick · roughing2 min
- 1:59 into the second periodDean Hopkins · tripping2 min
- 10:00 into the second periodJames Walsh · interference2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodSteve Bozek · tripping2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodMike Foligno · game misconduct10 min
- 18:25 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing double minor4 min
- 18:25 into the second periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodDale McCourt · interference2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 15:54 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dan BonarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28James WalshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |