The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Minnesota North Stars, 4 to 3, in Game 5 of the 1981 playoff series on April 22, 1981.

Final

North Stars

4-1-0

4

Sabres

1-4-0

3

Team

MNS

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

BUF

Jean-Francois Sauve (PP) assisted by Tony McKegney and Ric Seiling

Ken Solheim (EV) assisted by Dino Ciccarelli

2nd period

MNS

BUF

Kent-Erik Andersson (EV) assisted by Neal Broten and Brad Palmer

Brad Maxwell (EV) assisted by Kent-Erik Andersson and Brad Palmer

3rd period

MNS

BUF

Al MacAdam (EV) assisted by Steve Payne and Tim Young

Bob Hess (EV) assisted by Mike Ramsey

Tony McKegney (EV) assisted by Gilbert Perreault and Alan Haworth

North Stars

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Beaupre (W) D. Beaupre	1	0	0	39	36	.923	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	1	1	2	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Neal Broten N. Broten	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Curt Giles C. Giles	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	33.3
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Kevin Maxwell K. Maxwell	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Brad Palmer B. Palmer	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Shmyr P. Shmyr	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	-1	16	0	0
Ken Solheim K. Solheim	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Tim Young T. Young	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (L) D. Edwards	0	1	0	33	29	.879	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bob Hess B. Hess	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Rob McClanahan R. McClanahan	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	1	1	2	-3	2	0	1	11	9.1
Steve Patrick S. Patrick	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jean-Francois Sauve J. Sauve	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1	100.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	6	0.0