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Saturday, October 17, 1981 · Capital Centre

Sabres 4 at Capitals 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 97OVR John Van Boxmeer Sabres First Star 3A · 4 SOG R 71OVR Danny Gare Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 83OVR Yvon Lambert Sabres Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:05 Danny Gare (1) Jean-Francois Sauve (1), John Van Boxmeer (2) BUF 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 19:58 Lindy Ruff (2) Steve Patrick (1), Randy Cunneyworth (3) BUF 2 – 0 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 0:32 Bobby Carpenter (3) Bob Kelly (2), Rick Green (1) BUF 2 – 1 WSH
  2. 15:40 Yvon Lambert (1) PPG John Van Boxmeer (3), Danny Gare (3) BUF 3 – 1 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 8:35 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) PPG Ryan Walter (5), Greg Theberge (4) BUF 3 – 2 WSH
  2. 13:03 Yvon Lambert (2) PPG John Van Boxmeer (4), Ric Seiling (1) BUF 4 – 2 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Van Boxmeer D 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.33
Danny Gare R 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Yvon Lambert L 2 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.58
Randy Cunneyworth L 0 1 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.22
Lindy Ruff L 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Jean-Francois Sauve C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Steve Patrick R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ric Seiling R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Bob Hess D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Tony McKegney L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Alan Haworth C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Richie Dunn D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.08
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ryan Walter C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Bobby Carpenter C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Bob Kelly L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Rick Green D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 1 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Greg Theberge D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Glen Currie C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Paul MacKinnon D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gaetan Duchesne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Roland Stoltz R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry Murray D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Gartner R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
James McTaggart D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Pat Ribble D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Parro L 30 26 4 .867 58:55 -0.40