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Saturday, January 24, 1981 · Capital Centre

Sabres 7 at Capitals 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 92OVR Craig Ramsay Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 40OVR Rob McClanahan Sabres Second Star 2A · 1 SOG RC D 85OVR John Van Boxmeer Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:19 Rick Smith (3) Dennis Maruk (24) BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 5:55 John Van Boxmeer (10) Jim Schoenfeld (14), Rob McClanahan (2) BUF 1 – 1 WSH
  3. 8:30 Danny Gare (26) PPG Andre Savard (18), John Van Boxmeer (27) BUF 2 – 1 WSH
  4. 19:40 Craig Ramsay (11) Ric Seiling (12), Don Luce (9) BUF 3 – 1 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 0:43 Dennis Maruk (29) Bob Kelly (24), Mike Gartner (26) BUF 3 – 2 WSH
  2. 11:10 Danny Gare (27) Rob McClanahan (3), Tony McKegney (17) BUF 4 – 2 WSH
  3. 16:04 Mike Gartner (26) Unassisted BUF 4 – 3 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 7:47 Alan Haworth (6) Lindy Ruff (9), Mike Ramsey (11) BUF 5 – 3 WSH
  2. 17:52 Dennis Ververgaert (9) Guy Charron (10) BUF 5 – 4 WSH
  3. 18:50 Don Luce (13) Andre Savard (19), Craig Ramsay (20) BUF 6 – 4 WSH
  4. 19:25 Jim Schoenfeld (4) Unassisted BUF 7 – 4 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Craig Ramsay L 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Rob McClanahan C 0 2 1 +3 1.78
John Van Boxmeer D 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Danny Gare R 2 0 4 0 1.65
Andre Savard C 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Jim Schoenfeld D 1 1 1 0 1.45
Don Luce C 1 1 2 -1 1.38
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Alan Haworth C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Tony McKegney L 0 1 5 -1 0.85
Ric Seiling R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Richie Dunn D 0 0 5 +2 0.53
Derek Smith C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 2 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 24 20 4 .833 60:00 -1.00

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Gartner R 1 1 6 -1 1.68
Dennis Maruk C 1 1 2 -1 1.38
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 0 1 0 0.68
Guy Charron C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Bob Kelly L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Rick Smith D 1 0 1 -2 0.38
Glen Currie C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Howard Walker D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Ryan Walter C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Wes Jarvis C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Ribble D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Rolf Edberg C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rick Green D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer L 40 34 6 .850 59:41 -1.10