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Sunday, November 8, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Whalers 2 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 94OVR Blaine Stoughton Whalers First Star 1G · 6 SOG G 54OVR Bob Sauve Red Wings Second Star 28 SV · .933 D 69OVR Chris Kotsopoulos Whalers Third Star 1G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:04 Chris Kotsopoulos (3) Unassisted HFD 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 15:28 Tony McKegney (10) PPG Danny Gare (9) HFD 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 15:48 Derek Smith (1) Bob Hess (6), John Van Boxmeer (15) HFD 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 18:25 Blaine Stoughton (9) Mark Howe (3), Blake Wesley (4) HFD 2 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Blaine Stoughton L 1 0 6 0 0 +2 0:00 1.50
Chris Kotsopoulos D 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Mark Howe D 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Blake Wesley D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Rick Meagher C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Dave Keon C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Stuart Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Mike McDougall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Warren Miller R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick MacLeish C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Glenn Merkosky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Doug Sulliman L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Don Nachbaur C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett T 24 22 2 .917 60:00 0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Smith C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Tony McKegney L 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.90
Bob Hess D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Danny Gare R 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Jean-Francois Sauve C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Randy Cunneyworth L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Alan Haworth C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.08
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Kai Suikkanen D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve T 30 28 2 .933 60:00 1.30