Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Tuesday, December 22, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Sabres outshot the Blues 32–21.
Tony Currie scored twice. Perry Turnbull, Brent Peterson and Yvon Lambert also scored.
Mike Liut made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Currie (9)Jack Brownschidle (10), Blake Dunlop (15)0–102:32 STL · 
Perry Turnbull (15)Blake Dunlop (16), Tony Currie (14)0–210:48 STL
Brent Peterson (3)Craig Ramsay (16), Lindy Ruff (14)1–211:36 BUF
3rd period
- Tony Currie (10)Blake Dunlop (17), Perry Turnbull (9)1–306:58 STL
Yvon Lambert (13)Lindy Ruff (15), Mike Foligno (19)2–311:34 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFSTL
3221
0%0%
1/61/3
1321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:16 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · hooking2 min - 6:12 into the first periodBob Hess · holding2 min
- 7:57 into the first period
Jack Brownschidle · interference2 min - 16:21 into the first periodGerry Hart · interference2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodRic Seiling · fighting5 min
- 19:29 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 8:13 into the second periodBrian Sutter · hooking2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 11:39 into the second periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 12:32 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 13:39 into the second periodBernie Federko · tripping2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodGerry Hart · tripping2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodGerry Hart · slashing2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · illegal stick2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 15Tony CurrieR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |