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Sunday, November 29, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Islanders 2 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 52OVR Lindy Ruff Sabres First Star 3G · 6 SOG L 83OVR Yvon Lambert Sabres Second Star 2A · 4 SOG C 72OVR Andre Savard Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:35 Anders Kallur (10) SHG Bob Bourne (12) NYI 1 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:38 Andre Savard (3) PPG Yvon Lambert (12), John Van Boxmeer (22) NYI 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 4:07 Mike McEwen (1) Unassisted NYI 2 – 1 BUF
  3. 4:49 Lindy Ruff (3) Unassisted NYI 2 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 3:13 Lindy Ruff (4) PPG Ric Seiling (9), Yvon Lambert (13) NYI 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 4:22 Craig Ramsay (6) Andre Savard (5), Ric Seiling (10) NYI 2 – 4 BUF
  3. 9:53 Lindy Ruff (5) Larry Playfair (3), Steve Patrick (4) NYI 2 – 5 BUF

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Anders Kallur C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Bob Bourne C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike McEwen D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Denis Potvin D 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Gord Lane D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mike Bossy R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Dave Langevin D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Duane Sutter R 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Tonelli L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Butch Goring C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Billy Carroll C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ken Morrow D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Tomas Jonsson D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Clark Gillies L 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith L 30 25 5 .833 60:00 -1.25

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Lindy Ruff L 3 0 6 0 0 +1 0:00 2.85
Yvon Lambert L 0 2 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.55
Andre Savard C 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Ric Seiling R 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.48
Larry Playfair D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Craig Ramsay L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Steve Patrick R 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.78
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Jean-Francois Sauve C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Richie Dunn D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mike Moller R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tony McKegney L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Derek Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10