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Friday, March 27, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena

Sabres 5 at Rockies 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 87OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 2G · 4 SOG L 48OVR Lindy Ruff Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG L 69OVR Paul Gagne Rockies Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:52 Tony McKegney (33) Alan Haworth (20), Lindy Ruff (15) BUF 1 – 0 CLR
  2. 15:35 Craig Norwich (5) Steve Tambellini (23), Paul Gagne (13) BUF 1 – 1 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 0:36 Lindy Ruff (7) Danny Gare (34), Jim Schoenfeld (23) BUF 2 – 1 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 1:56 Ric Seiling (29) Bill Hajt (19), Rob McClanahan (12) BUF 3 – 1 CLR
  2. 9:53 Ed Cooper (7) Bobby Crawford (2), Barry Smith (4) BUF 3 – 2 CLR
  3. 12:15 Gilbert Perreault (19) Craig Ramsay (34), Danny Gare (35) BUF 4 – 2 CLR
  4. 12:45 Gilbert Perreault (20) John Van Boxmeer (49) BUF 5 – 2 CLR
  5. 15:02 Paul Gagne (24) Lanny McDonald (45), Steve Tambellini (24) BUF 5 – 3 CLR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gilbert Perreault C 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Lindy Ruff L 1 1 2 +1 1.53
Danny Gare R 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 1 +3 1.15
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 6 0 1.08
Rob McClanahan C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Ric Seiling R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Bill Hajt D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Tony McKegney L 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Alan Haworth C 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Richie Dunn D 0 0 4 0 0.30
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Andre Savard C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Steve Patrick R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Paul Gagne L 1 1 5 -2 1.45
Steve Tambellini C 0 2 4 -1 1.40
Ed Cooper L 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Barry Smith C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Bobby Crawford R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Craig Norwich D 1 0 2 0 0.75
Lanny McDonald R 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Merlin Malinowski C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Randy Pierce R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Yvon Vautour R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mario Giallonardo D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Miller C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Rob Ramage D 0 0 3 -2 -0.23
Bill Baker D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch L 26 21 5 .808 58:55 -1.65