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Friday, February 6, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Red Wings 3 at Sabres 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 94OVR Andre Savard Sabres First Star 3G · 1A · 6 SOG R 95OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG C 64OVR Jean-Francois Sauve Sabres Third Star 2G · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:14 Danny Gare (29) PPG Andre Savard (24), Derek Smith (32) DET 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 15:57 Jean-Francois Sauve (1) PPG Richie Dunn (28), Ric Seiling (16) DET 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 17:04 Andre Savard (18) Craig Ramsay (24), Ric Seiling (17) DET 0 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:44 Danny Gare (30) Tony McKegney (20), Derek Smith (33) DET 0 – 4 BUF
  2. 4:40 Mike Foligno (22) Glenn Hicks (7), Perry Miller (2) DET 1 – 4 BUF
  3. 12:38 Andre Savard (19) Danny Gare (24) DET 1 – 5 BUF
  4. 14:53 Andre Savard (20) Unassisted DET 1 – 6 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:56 Jean-Francois Sauve (2) Larry Playfair (5), Jim Schoenfeld (16) DET 1 – 7 BUF
  2. 10:12 Paul Woods (8) Willie Huber (24) DET 2 – 7 BUF
  3. 13:06 Joe Paterson (1) Dale McCourt (34), Reed Larson (25) DET 3 – 7 BUF

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Reed Larson D 0 1 7 -1 1.00
Joe Paterson L 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Mike Foligno R 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Paul Woods C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Dale McCourt C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Glenn Hicks L 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Perry Miller D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Willie Huber D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Mike Blaisdell R 0 0 1 0 0.08
John Ogrodnick L 0 0 5 -2 0.08
Brent Peterson C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mark Kirton C 0 0 2 0 0.00
Jean Hamel D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Korn D 0 0 2 0 -0.15
John Barrett D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gilbert L 34 27 7 .794 60:00 -2.55

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andre Savard C 3 1 6 +3 3.78
Danny Gare R 2 1 5 0 2.50
Jean-Francois Sauve C 2 0 4 0 1.80
Ric Seiling R 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Derek Smith C 0 2 2 0 1.40
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 +3 1.08
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 2 +2 0.93
Richie Dunn D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Larry Playfair D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Tony McKegney L 0 1 0 0 0.63
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 5 +1 0.38
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Steve Patrick R 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Rob McClanahan C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Don Luce C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 34 31 3 .912 60:00 0.85