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Sunday, October 25, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

North Stars 6 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Bobby Smith North Stars First Star 2A · 7 SOG C 81OVR Steve Christoff North Stars Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG R 97OVR Dino Ciccarelli North Stars Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:08 Steve Patrick (2) Lindy Ruff (2), Randy Cunneyworth (4) MNS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 9:36 Brad Palmer (2) Steve Christoff (5), Craig Hartsburg (5) MNS 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:05 Dino Ciccarelli (7) Steve Payne (3), Bobby Smith (10) MNS 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 2:20 Danny Gare (2) Jean-Francois Sauve (5), Tony McKegney (6) MNS 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 4:52 Danny Gare (3) Tony McKegney (7), Jean-Francois Sauve (6) MNS 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 10:03 Brad Maxwell (3) Steve Payne (4), Tim Young (2) MNS 3 – 3 BUF
  5. 19:04 Brad Maxwell (4) Brad Palmer (3) MNS 4 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 15:26 Kent-Erik Andersson (2) Bobby Smith (11), Dino Ciccarelli (5) MNS 5 – 3 BUF
  2. 19:41 Steve Christoff (2) Neal Broten (1), Craig Hartsburg (6) MNS 6 – 3 BUF

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Smith C 0 2 7 0 0 +2 0:00 2.08
Steve Christoff C 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Dino Ciccarelli R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Brad Maxwell D 2 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.73
Craig Hartsburg D 0 2 2 0 0 +4 0:00 1.70
Brad Palmer L 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Kent-Erik Andersson R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Neal Broten C 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Steve Payne L 0 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.73
Bill Nyrop D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Tim Young C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Jack Carlson L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Al MacAdam R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Curt Giles D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Fred Barrett D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche W 36 33 3 .917 60:00 1.05

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 2 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
Tony McKegney L 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Jean-Francois Sauve C 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Randy Cunneyworth L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Larry Playfair D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Steve Patrick R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bob Hess D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Alan Haworth C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Richie Dunn D 0 0 4 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 31 26 5 .839 60:00 -1.15