The Detroit Red Wings came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, on April 4, 1981.

Final

Sabres

39-19-21

5

Red Wings

19-42-18

4

Team

BUF

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

DET

Tony McKegney (EV) assisted by Danny Gare and Jim Schoenfeld

Tony McKegney (EV) assisted by Derek Smith and Danny Gare

Andre Savard (SH) unassisted

2nd period

BUF

DET

Andre Savard (EV) assisted by Richie Dunn

Vaclav Nedomansky (PP) assisted by Reed Larson and Dale McCourt

Lindy Ruff (EV) assisted by Jim Schoenfeld and Craig Ramsay

Mark Kirton (SH) unassisted

3rd period

BUF

DET

Brad Smith (EV) assisted by John Barrett and Mark Kirton

John Ogrodnick (EV) assisted by Mike Foligno

Sabres

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (W) D. Edwards	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gilles Hamel G. Hamel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	2	0.0
Rob McClanahan R. McClanahan	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	5	40.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	3	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	5	20.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	2	100.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	2	2	+3	4	0	0	1	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Claude Legris (L) C. Legris	0	1	0	22	20	.909	2	3.00	0	40
Larry Lozinski L. Lozinski				8	5	.625	3	9.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	S	S%
John Barrett J. Barrett	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jean Hamel J. Hamel	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Glenn Hicks G. Hicks	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Kirton M. Kirton	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	3	33.3
Jim Korn J. Korn	0	0	0	-2	19	0	0	0	0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
John Ogrodnick J. Ogrodnick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Smith B. Smith	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0