Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 43–37.
Alan Haworth scored twice. Randy Carlyle, George Ferguson, Peter Lee, Dale McCourt, Ric Seiling, Pat Boutette, Doug Shedden, Lindy Ruff, Mike Ramsey and Craig Ramsay also scored.
Don Edwards made 38 saves on 43 shots for the win; Nick Ricci stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Carlyle (6)Pat Boutette (24), Doug Shedden (9)0–104:44 PIT · 
George Ferguson (11)Randy Carlyle (33), Mike Bullard (10)0–210:04 PIT
2nd period
Peter Lee (11)Mark Johnson (8), Greg Malone (14)0–303:09 PIT
Alan Haworth (5)Jean-Francois Sauve (17), Mike Ramsey (10)1–303:44 BUF
Dale McCourt (16)Lindy Ruff (16), John Van Boxmeer (36)2–304:35 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (17)Unassisted3–316:44 BUF
3rd period
Pat Boutette (11)Paul Gardner (21), Randy Carlyle (34)3–406:16 PIT · 
Doug Shedden (6)Rick Kehoe (20), Pat Boutette (25)3–508:05 PIT · 
Lindy Ruff (10)Unassisted4–510:56 BUF · 
Mike Ramsey (1)Dale McCourt (18)5–511:34 BUF- Alan Haworth (6)Lindy Ruff (17), John Van Boxmeer (37)6–516:32 BUF ·
Craig Ramsay (10)Ric Seiling (15)7–519:48 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
3743
0%0%
3/33/4
186
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
Dale McCourt · hooking2 min - 1:06 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:05 into the second period
Gregg Sheppard · holding2 min - 5:04 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBill Hajt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBill Hajt · misconduct10 min
- 10:25 into the third periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 14:52 into the third periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |