The Washington Capitals were decisively beaten by the Buffalo Sabres, 7 to 4, on January 24, 1981.

Final

Sabres

22-10-15

7

Capitals

16-21-11

4

Team

BUF

WSH

1

3

1

2

1

2

3

1

Total

7

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Rick Smith (EV) assisted by Dennis Maruk

0

1

John Van Boxmeer (EV) assisted by Jim Schoenfeld and Rob McClanahan

1

Danny Gare (PP) assisted by Andre Savard and John Van Boxmeer

2

1

Craig Ramsay (EV) assisted by Ric Seiling and Don Luce

3

1

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Dennis Maruk (EV) assisted by Bob Kelly and Mike Gartner

3

2

Danny Gare (EV) assisted by Rob McClanahan and Tony McKegney

4

2

Mike Gartner (EV) unassisted

4

3

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Alan Haworth (EV) assisted by Lindy Ruff and Mike Ramsey

5

3

Dennis Ververgaert (EV) assisted by Guy Charron

5

4

Don Luce (EV) assisted by Andre Savard and Craig Ramsay

6

4

Jim Schoenfeld (EV-EN) unassisted

7

4

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

7

4

Shots

41

24

Penalty Minutes

8

10

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

5

4

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Don Edwards (W)		24	4	20	.833	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Richie Dunn	0	0	+2	2	5
Danny Gare	2	0	0	2	4
Bill Hajt	0	0	+1	0	0
Alan Haworth	1	0	0	0	2
Don Luce	1	1	-1	0	2
Rob McClanahan	0	2	+3	0	1
Tony McKegney	0	1	-1	0	5
Gilbert Perreault	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Playfair	0	0	0	4	2
Craig Ramsay	1	1	+2	0	4
Mike Ramsey	0	1	0	0	1
Lindy Ruff	0	1	+1	0	4
Andre Savard	0	2	+1	0	2
Jim Schoenfeld	1	1	0	0	1
Ric Seiling	0	1	0	0	2
Derek Smith	0	0	0	0	2
John Van Boxmeer	1	1	+1	0	3

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Mike Palmateer (L)		40	6	34	.850	59:41

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Guy Charron	0	1	0	0	0
Glen Currie	0	0	+1	0	1
Rolf Edberg	0	0	-1	0	1
Mike Gartner	1	1	-1	0	6
Rick Green	0	0	-1	2	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	0	0	-1	0	1
Al Hangsleben	0	0	-2	2	0
Bob Kelly	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk	1	1	-1	0	2
Paul Mulvey	0	0	-1	0	1
Jean Pronovost	0	0	-1	0	3
Pat Ribble	0	0	0	2	2
Rick Smith	1	0	-2	2	1
Dennis Ververgaert	1	0	0	2	1
Howard Walker	0	0	+1	0	1
Ryan Walter	0	0	-1	0	4