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Thursday, February 12, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Capitals 3 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 88OVR Ric Seiling Sabres First Star 3G · 6 SOG L 89OVR Tony McKegney Sabres Second Star 2G · 6 SOG C 94OVR Andre Savard Sabres Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:49 Yvon Labre (2) Unassisted WSH 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 18:38 Mike Gartner (30) Dennis Maruk (28) WSH 2 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 10:27 Tony McKegney (22) PPG Richie Dunn (29), John Van Boxmeer (33) WSH 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:22 Don Luce (14) SHG Unassisted WSH 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 19:10 Ric Seiling (18) Craig Ramsay (25), Andre Savard (26) WSH 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 19:57 Rick Green (4) James McTaggart (4) WSH 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 9:29 Tony McKegney (23) PPG John Van Boxmeer (34), Derek Smith (35) WSH 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 12:27 Ric Seiling (19) Mike Ramsey (14), Andre Savard (27) WSH 3 – 5 BUF
  3. 18:40 Ric Seiling (20) Don Luce (11), Bill Hajt (11) WSH 3 – 6 BUF

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Gartner R 1 0 3 0 0.83
Yvon Labre D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Rick Green D 1 0 2 -1 0.75
James McTaggart D 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Dennis Maruk C 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Rick Smith D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Ryan Walter C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Kelly L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wes Jarvis C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Glen Currie C 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Pat Ribble D 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer — 5 5 0 1.000 7:35 0.50
Dave Parro L 35 30 5 .857 52:09 -0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ric Seiling R 3 0 6 +3 3.15
Tony McKegney L 2 0 6 0 1.95
Andre Savard C 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Don Luce C 1 1 2 -1 1.38
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 4 -1 1.25
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Derek Smith C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Richie Dunn D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Bill Hajt D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Larry Playfair D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Jean-Francois Sauve C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Rob McClanahan C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike Moller R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Steve Patrick R 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 20 17 3 .850 60:00 -0.55