NHL game summary from April 20, 1981

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Buffalo Sabres (43-23-21)	3	1	0	1	5
Minnesota North Stars (41-29-17)	1	2	1	0	4
Minnesota North Stars lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7)

1:	BUF,	J.F. Sauve 1 (John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling), 9:39
	BUF,	Gilbert Perreault 2 (Tony McKegney, Alan Haworth), 2:04
	BUF,	Alan Haworth 4 (Tony McKegney, Gilbert Perreault), 6:35 - PP
	MIN,	Dino Ciccarelli 7 (Bobby Smith, Jack Carlson), 7:29
2:	MIN,	Steve Christoff 3 (Gordie Roberts, Curt Giles), 10:16 - PP
	MIN,	Steve Payne 10 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith), 19:46 - PP
	BUF,	John Van Boxmeer 1 (Craig Ramsay, Steve Patrick), 4:58
3:	MIN,	Bobby Smith 3 (Kent-Erik Andersson), 18:54
4:	BUF,	Craig Ramsay 2 (Andre Savard, John Van Boxmeer), 16:32

Penalties:

1:	Steve Patrick, BUF [Tripping] 12:10
	Andre Savard, BUF [Hooking] 19:30
2:	Greg Smith, MIN [Hooking] 5:33
	Gilles Hamel, BUF [Hooking] 8:45
	Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 11:16
	Bill Hajt, BUF [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 17:19
	Jack Carlson, MIN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 17:19
	Tim Young, MIN [Fighting] 18:56
	Andre Savard, BUF [Fighting] 18:56
	Steve Christoff, MIN [Fighting] 19:06
	Brad Maxwell, MIN [Fighting] 19:06
	Lindy Ruff, BUF [Fighting] 19:06
	Larry Playfair, BUF [Fighting] 19:06
	Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Holding] 19:28
3:	Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Tripping] 15:43
4:	Lindy Ruff, BUF [Fighting] 1:47
	Steve Christoff, MIN [Fighting] 1:47

Penalty time: BUF: 37 minutes MIN: 31 minutes

BUF Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Don Edwards	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Dunn	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Van Boxmeer	4	D	1	2	3	0	4	7
Mike Ramsey	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Schoenfeld	6	D	0	0	0	2	2	1
Tony McKegney	8	LW	0	2	2	0	2	4
Craig Ramsay	10	LW	1	1	2	0	0	4
Gilbert Perreault	11	C	1	1	2	2	1	1
Andre Savard	12	C	0	1	1	7	0	1
Alan Haworth	14	C	1	1	2	0	1	4
Ric Seiling	16	RW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Gilles Hamel	17	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Derek Smith	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
J.F. Sauve	21	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Lindy Ruff	22	LW	0	0	0	10	0	1
Bill Hajt	24	D	0	0	0	7	-2	1
Steve Patrick	26	RW	0	1	1	2	1	4
Larry Playfair	27	D	0	0	0	5	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							10	38
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					10	38

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Curt Giles	2	D	0	1	1	0	-1	3
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Hartsburg	4	D	0	1	1	0	1	3
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	0	0	5	-1	1
Neal Broten	7	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Maxwell	9	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Gordie Roberts	10	D	0	1	1	0	-3	0
Brad Palmer	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	7
Bobby Smith	15	C	1	2	3	0	-1	3
Tim Young	17	C	0	0	0	7	-1	2
Dino Ciccarelli	20	RW	1	0	1	0	-1	7
Jack Carlson	21	LW	0	1	1	7	0	2
Greg Smith	23	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Al MacAdam	25	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Steve Payne	26	LW	1	0	1	0	-1	10
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Christoff	28	C	1	0	1	10	0	4
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	50
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-10	50

Shots: BUF: 13-10- 9- 6-38 MIN: 9-15-14-12-50 Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (W, 4-3-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 5-1-0) Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges Attendance: 15,784

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