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Friday, February 27, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Blackhawks 1 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 63OVR Don Luce Kings First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 75OVR Alan Haworth Sabres Second Star 2G · 2 SOG RC G 96OVR Don Edwards Sabres Third Star 24 SV · .960

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:21 Alan Haworth (12) PPG Jim Schoenfeld (17), Rob McClanahan (6) CHI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 4:14 Larry Playfair (3) Don Luce (12), Lindy Ruff (10) CHI 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 9:44 Craig Ramsay (18) Mike Moller (2), Don Luce (13) CHI 0 – 3 BUF
  4. 11:18 Alan Haworth (13) Tony McKegney (23), John Van Boxmeer (37) CHI 0 – 4 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:06 Tim Higgins (19) Denis Savard (35), Brian Young (2) CHI 1 – 4 BUF
  2. 12:41 Jean-Francois Sauve (4) PPG Ric Seiling (20), Tony McKegney (24) CHI 1 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 15:38 Don Luce (15) Lindy Ruff (11) CHI 1 – 6 BUF

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Higgins R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Denis Savard C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Brian Young D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Tom Lysiak C 0 0 9 0 0 -2 0:00 0.37
Greg Fox D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Paterson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ted Bulley L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Keith Brown D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Doug Wilson D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.07
Al Secord L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Rich Preston R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Reg Kerr C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Darryl Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bob Murray D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Miles Zaharko D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Terry Ruskowski C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito L 26 20 6 .769 60:00 -2.50

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Luce C 1 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.68
Alan Haworth C 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
Lindy Ruff L 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Tony McKegney L 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Craig Ramsay L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Jean-Francois Sauve C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Rob McClanahan C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike Moller R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Larry Playfair D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.75
Ric Seiling R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Richie Dunn D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Andre Savard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 25 24 1 .960 60:00 1.65