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Saturday, March 21, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Sabres 6 at Maple Leafs 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 95OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG L 89OVR Tony McKegney Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 88OVR Ric Seiling Sabres Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:24 Ric Seiling (26) Andre Savard (37) BUF 1 – 0 TOR
  2. 13:40 Richie Dunn (7) PPG John Van Boxmeer (45), Danny Gare (32) BUF 2 – 0 TOR
  3. 19:50 Danny Gare (41) PPG John Van Boxmeer (46), Richie Dunn (38) BUF 3 – 0 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 2:11 Rick Vaive (29) Ian Turnbull (43) BUF 3 – 1 TOR
  2. 13:27 Bill Derlago (32) Rick Vaive (26) BUF 3 – 2 TOR
  3. 16:12 Ric Seiling (27) Gilbert Perreault (35), Alan Haworth (18) BUF 4 – 2 TOR
  4. 18:54 Danny Gare (42) Rob McClanahan (10), Tony McKegney (32) BUF 5 – 2 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 8:23 Tony McKegney (31) Unassisted BUF 6 – 2 TOR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Danny Gare R 2 1 3 +1 2.50
Tony McKegney L 1 1 3 +3 2.05
Ric Seiling R 2 0 5 +1 2.03
Richie Dunn D 1 1 6 +1 1.98
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 2 0 1.40
Alan Haworth C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Andre Savard C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Rob McClanahan C 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 5 0 0.23
Derek Smith C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Steve Patrick R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 35 33 2 .943 60:00 1.80

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Vaive R 1 1 7 0 1.45
Ian Turnbull D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bill Derlago C 1 0 4 0 0.90
Terry Martin L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Wilf Paiement R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Bruce Boudreau C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dan Maloney L 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Rene Robert R 0 0 4 -1 0.00
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Farrish D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
John Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Darryl Sittler C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Borje Salming D 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Laurie Boschman C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dave Shand D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Barry Melrose D 0 0 0 +1 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque L 42 36 6 .857 60:00 -0.90