Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Oct 7, 1981 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · 1981–82 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wed, Oct 7, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Lindy Ruff led the way with 2 points. Don Edwards made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–36.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	3	27
BUF	5	36

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
9	Ryan Walter	C	2	1	3	+2	0	5
10	Bobby Carpenter	C	1	1	2	+2	2	2
25	Terry Murray	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0
11	Mike Gartner	R	0	1	1	+3	0	3
19	Paul MacKinnon	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0
20	Greg Theberge	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2
5	Rick Green	D	0	0	0	+2	2	3
2	Pat Ribble	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0
14	Gaetan Duchesne	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Bob Kelly	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
27	Orest Kindrachuk	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2
4	James McTaggart	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0
22	Jean Pronovost	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1
8	Tim Tookey	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Roland Stoltz	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2
16	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mike Palmateer	L	36	31	5	.861	59:29

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
22	Lindy Ruff	L	1	1	2	+2	2	1
8	Tony McKegney	L	1	1	2	0	0	3
10	Craig Ramsay	L	1	0	1	0	0	2
14	Alan Haworth	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5
18	Danny Gare	R	0	1	1	0	0	6
5	Mike Ramsey	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0
21	Jean-Francois Sauve	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3
23	Bob Hess	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2
7	Randy Cunneyworth	L	0	1	1	+2	6	3
26	Steve Patrick	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2
16	Ric Seiling	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2
15	Yvon Lambert	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Derek Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	John Van Boxmeer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3
3	Richie Dunn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
6	Jim Schoenfeld	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2
24	Bill Hajt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Don Edwards	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00