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Sunday, April 5, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Islanders 7 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 64OVR Billy Carroll Islanders First Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG RC R 90OVR Hector Marini Islanders Second Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG RC D 85OVR John Van Boxmeer Sabres Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:47 Danny Gare (46) PPG John Van Boxmeer (50), Andre Savard (43) NYI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 4:44 John Van Boxmeer (18) Gilbert Perreault (39), Ric Seiling (27) NYI 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 14:50 Gilles Hamel (10) PPG Lindy Ruff (18), John Van Boxmeer (51) NYI 0 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:19 Gord Lane (3) SHG Billy Carroll (3), Bryan Trottier (72) NYI 1 – 3 BUF
  2. 9:33 Billy Carroll (3) Hector Marini (6), Dave Langevin (15) NYI 2 – 3 BUF
  3. 11:51 Billy Carroll (4) Hector Marini (7), Dave Langevin (16) NYI 3 – 3 BUF
  4. 12:45 Stefan Persson (9) PPG Wayne Merrick (15) NYI 4 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:34 Wayne Merrick (16) Ken Morrow (11), Garry Howatt (15) NYI 5 – 3 BUF
  2. 8:37 Hector Marini (4) Clark Gillies (45), Billy Carroll (4) NYI 6 – 3 BUF
  3. 10:41 Garry Howatt (4) Bobby Nystrom (30) NYI 7 – 3 BUF

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Billy Carroll C 2 2 4 0 0 +3 0:00 3.50
Hector Marini R 1 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 2.38
Wayne Merrick C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Garry Howatt L 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Dave Langevin D 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Gord Lane D 1 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.28
Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.23
Clark Gillies L 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Stefan Persson D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Ken Morrow D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Mike Bossy R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mike McEwen D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jean Potvin D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 24 21 3 .875 60:00 -0.15

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Van Boxmeer D 1 2 3 0 0 -1 0:00 2.08
Danny Gare R 1 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.75
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Ric Seiling R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Andre Savard C 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Gilles Hamel L 1 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.45
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 1 0 0 -4 0:00 0.10
Rob McClanahan C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Richie Dunn D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Tony McKegney L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Alan Haworth C 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Derek Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 26 19 7 .731 60:00 -3.35