1981 NHL Quarter-Finals
Minnesota North Stars defeat Buffalo Sabres 4-1

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Buffalo Sabres

W-L: 39-20-21, .619

SRS: 0.92 (3rd of 21)

Goals: 327 (7th of 21)

Goals Against: 250 (3rd of 21)

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Minnesota North Stars

W-L: 35-28-17, .544

SRS: 0.33 (9th of 21)

Goals: 291 (16th of 21)

Goals Against: 263 (5th of 21)

Game 1, April 16
Minnesota North Stars	4	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3	OT

Game 2, April 17
Minnesota North Stars	5	Final
Buffalo Sabres	2

Game 3, April 19
Buffalo Sabres	4	Final
Minnesota North Stars	6

Game 4, April 20
Buffalo Sabres	5	Final
Minnesota North Stars	4	OT

Game 5, April 22
Minnesota North Stars	4	Final
Buffalo Sabres	3

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
11	Gilbert Perreault	C	30	5	2	6	8	-5	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	13	15.4
8	Tony McKegney	LW	22	5	3	3	6	-7	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	30	10.0
14	Alan Haworth	C	20	5	2	4	6	-3	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	17	11.8
10	Craig Ramsay	LW	29	5	2	2	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	11	18.2
4	John Van Boxmeer	D	28	5	1	3	4	-2	7	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	4.2
19	Derek Smith	C/LW	26	5	1	2	3	-4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	14.3
16	Ric Seiling	RW/C	23	5	1	2	3	-3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	12.5
12	André Savard	C	27	5	1	2	3	-2	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	9.1
9	J.F. Sauvé	C	21	3	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
3	Richie Dunn	D	23	5	0	2	2	-6	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0.0
5	Mike Ramsey	D	20	5	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0
23	Bob Hess	D	25	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
22	Lindy Ruff	D/LW	20	3	1	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
24	Bill Hajt	D	29	5	0	1	1	-6	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0
26	Steve Patrick	RW	19	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
29	Mike Moller	RW	18	3	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
15	Rob McClanahan	C	23	4	0	1	1	-3	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
17	Gilles Hamel	LW	20	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	Larry Playfair	D	22	5	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Jim Schoenfeld	D	28	5	0	0	0	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
	Team Total				17	33	50	-41	96	11	6	0	1	21	12	0	171	9.9

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats

Buffalo Sabres Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
1	Don Edwards	G	25	5	1-4-0	21	182	161	.885	0	0	313:46	62:45
	Team Total				1-4-0	21	182	161	.885	0	0	313:46	62:45

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Minnesota North Stars Skaters Series Stats

Minnesota North Stars Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
20	Dino Ciccarelli	RW	20	5	4	2	6	2	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	18	22.2
28	Steve Christoff	C	23	4	3	3	6	2	14	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	9	33.3
26	Steve Payne	LW	22	5	3	3	6	2	0	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	22	13.6
14	Brad Palmer	LW	19	5	2	3	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	22	9.1
8	Kent-Erik Andersson	RW	29	5	1	4	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	7.1
25	Al MacAdam	RW	28	5	3	1	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	27.3
15	Bobby Smith	C	22	5	2	2	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	13.3
7	Neal Broten	C	21	5	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	12.5
17	Tim Young	C	25	5	1	2	3	1	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	11.1
9	Kevin Maxwell	C	20	5	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	11.1
2	Curt Giles	D	22	5	0	3	3	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0.0
5	Brad Maxwell	D	23	5	1	1	2	3	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	9.1
10	Gordie Roberts	D	23	5	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.0
4	Craig Hartsburg	D	21	5	0	2	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0.0
31	Ken Solheim	LW	19	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
21	Jack Carlson	LW	26	4	0	1	1	-2	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
23	Greg Smith	D	25	5	0	1	1	3	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
29	Tom Younghans	RW	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Paul Shmyr	D	35	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fred Barrett	D	31	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
	Team Total				23	34	57	39	92	18	4	1	4	27	7	0	184	12.5

Minnesota North Stars Goalies Series Stats

Minnesota North Stars Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
27	Gilles Meloche	G	30	4	3-1-0	14	132	118	.894	0	4	256:54	64:14
33	Don Beaupre	G	19	1	1-0-0	3	39	36	.923	0	0	60:00	60:00
	Team Total				4-1-0	17	171	154	.901	0	4	316:54	63:23

1980-81 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Dec 6, 1980
Buffalo Sabres	3	Final
Minnesota North Stars	3

Sunday, Jan 4, 1981
Minnesota North Stars	2	Final
Buffalo Sabres	2

Wednesday, Jan 14, 1981
Minnesota North Stars	1	Final
Buffalo Sabres	1

Wednesday, Mar 11, 1981
Buffalo Sabres	1	Final
Minnesota North Stars	3

BUF Scoring Regular Season

BUF Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Danny Gare	26	RW	73	46	39	85	12	109	31	15	0	7	26	13	0	249	18.5			6.3	1.3	7.7
2	André Savard	27	C	79	31	43	74	33	63	27	2	2	4	32	9	2	149	20.8			4.2	2.0	6.2
3	Tony McKegney	22	LW	80	37	32	69	11	24	28	9	0	4	26	6	0	236	15.7			4.3	1.4	5.7
4	John Van Boxmeer	28	D	80	18	51	69	-2	69	11	6	1	2	23	28	0	258	7.0			4.5	4.6	9.1
5	Derek Smith	26	LW	69	21	43	64	14	12	10	11	0	2	28	15	0	166	12.7			3.2	1.3	4.5
6	Craig Ramsay	29	LW	80	24	35	59	40	12	22	1	1	3	31	1	3	110	21.8			2.6	2.2	4.8
7	Gilbert Perreault*	30	C	56	20	39	59	2	56	15	5	0	3	25	14	0	150	13.3			3.3	0.8	4.2
8	Ric Seiling	23	RW	74	30	27	57	21	80	27	2	1	4	23	3	1	140	21.4			3.2	1.6	4.7
9	Richie Dunn	23	D	79	7	42	49	21	34	3	4	0	1	21	21	0	174	4.0			2.3	5.8	8.1
10	Alan Haworth	20	C	49	16	20	36	-7	34	12	4	0	1	15	5	0	72	22.2			1.7	0.5	2.2
11	Jim Schoenfeld	28	D	71	8	25	33	27	110	5	3	0	0	23	1	1	101	7.9			1.4	5.6	7.1
12	Don Luce	32	C	61	15	13	28	14	19	11	0	4	2	12	0	1	94	16.0			0.6	1.2	1.8
13	Lindy Ruff	20	RW	65	8	18	26	2	121	7	1	0	2	12	6	0	97	8.2			-0.3	0.9	0.7
14	Rick Dudley	32	LW	38	10	13	23	7	10	8	2	0	0	12	1	0	49	20.4			0.8	0.7	1.5
15	Rick Martin	29	LW	23	7	14	21	4	20	5	2	0	1	12	2	0	57	12.3			1.0	0.4	1.5
16	Bill Hajt	29	D	68	2	19	21	36	42	2	0	0	0	18	0	1	58	3.4			0.2	5.9	6.1
17	Gilles Hamel	20	LW	51	10	9	19	-8	53	8	2	0	0	9	0	0	56	17.9			0.0	0.5	0.5
18	Mike Ramsey	20	D	72	3	14	17	3	56	3	0	0	1	12	2	0	72	4.2			-0.1	4.4	4.3
19	Rob McClanahan	23	C	53	3	12	15	-19	38	2	1	0	1	9	3	0	67	4.5			-0.9	0.2	-0.7
20	J.F. Sauvé	21	C	20	5	9	14	-2	12	2	3	0	0	8	1	0	26	19.2			0.5	0.2	0.8
21	Larry Playfair	22	D	75	3	9	12	5	169	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	54	5.6			-0.5	4.7	4.2
22	Steve Patrick	19	RW	30	1	7	8	1	25	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	35	2.9			-0.6	0.4	-0.2
23	Mike Moller	18	RW	5	2	2	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	28.6			0.2	0.1	0.4
24	Don Edwards	25	G	45	0	2	2	0	0				0	2			0		2696	59:54	0.0	0.0	10.1
25	Bob Sauvé	25	G	35	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		2098	59:56	0.0	0.0	7.3
26	Randy Cunneyworth	19	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Bob Mongrain	21	C	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
	Team Total			80	327	538	865	216	1172	245	73	9	39	398	131	9	2480	13.2			37.9	47.0	102.3

BUF Goalies Regular Season

BUF Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Don Edwards	25	45		23	10	12	133	1303	1170	.898	2.96	3	2696				82	28.4
2	Bob Sauvé	25	35		16	10	9	111	926	815	.880	3.18	2	2098				97	3.7
	Team Total				39	20	21	244	2229	1985	.891	3.05	5	4794				88	32.1

MNS Scoring Regular Season

MNS Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bobby Smith	22	C	78	29	64	93	1	73	16	13	0	7	33	31	0	242	12.0			5.6	1.3	6.9
2	Tim Young	25	C	74	25	41	66	6	40	15	10	0	4	20	19	2	214	11.7			3.5	1.4	4.9
3	Al MacAdam	28	RW	78	21	39	60	-6	94	15	6	0	7	16	23	0	145	14.5			2.6	1.1	3.7
4	Steve Payne	22	LW	76	30	28	58	14	88	19	11	0	2	18	10	0	243	12.3			3.2	1.6	4.8
5	Tom McCarthy	20	LW	62	23	25	48	3	62	19	4	0	2	21	4	0	147	15.6			2.5	1.1	3.6
6	Craig Hartsburg	21	D	74	13	30	43	-9	124	5	8	0	2	10	19	1	207	6.3			2.5	4.3	6.7
7	Kent-Erik Andersson	29	RW	77	17	24	41	8	22	12	1	4	2	23	1	0	127	13.4			1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Steve Christoff	23	C	56	26	13	39	-9	58	17	9	0	2	10	3	0	132	19.7			2.4	0.7	3.0
9	Gordie Roberts	23	D	50	6	31	37	1	94	3	3	0	0	22	9	0	83	7.2			2.0	3.3	5.3
10	Mike Eaves	24	C	48	10	24	34	1	18	8	1	1	1	19	4	1	104	9.6			1.2	0.8	2.0
11	Dino Ciccarelli*	20	RW	32	18	12	30	2	29	10	8	0	0	10	2	0	126	14.3			2.1	0.6	2.7
12	Curt Giles	22	D	67	5	22	27	8	56	4	1	0	1	8	13	1	82	6.1			0.9	4.7	5.6
13	Greg Smith	25	D	74	5	21	26	7	126	4	1	0	1	17	4	0	99	5.1			0.7	5.1	5.8
14	Glen Sharpley	24	C	28	12	12	24	-4	18	6	6	0	0	10	2	0	52	23.1			1.4	0.4	1.8
15	Ron Zanussi	24	RW	41	6	11	17	3	89	6	0	0	0	10	1	0	43	14.0			0.0	0.8	0.7
16	Mike Fidler	24	LW	20	5	12	17	5	6	5	0	0	0	7	5	0	42	11.9			0.8	0.5	1.2
17	Brad Maxwell	23	D	27	3	13	16	-1	98	0	3	0	1	6	7	0	71	4.2			0.8	1.7	2.5
18	Mike Polich	28	LW	74	8	5	13	-3	19	7	0	1	0	4	1	0	58	13.8			-1.5	1.1	-0.4
19	Fred Barrett	31	D	62	4	8	12	0	72	4	0	0	1	7	1	0	73	5.5			-0.2	4.0	3.8
20	Gary Sargent	26	D	23	4	7	11	-1	36	2	2	0	0	5	2	0	42	9.5			0.6	1.4	2.0
21	Tom Younghans	28	RW	74	4	6	10	-10	79	2	1	1	2	6	0	0	55	7.3			-2.0	1.0	-1.1
22	Paul Shmyr	35	D	61	1	9	10	4	79	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	62	1.6			-0.5	4.1	3.6
23	Jack Carlson	26	LW	43	7	2	9	-5	108	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	29.2			-0.6	0.6	0.0
24	Brad Palmer	19	LW	23	4	4	8	-5	22	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	59	6.8			-0.1	0.2	0.2
25	Ken Solheim	19	LW	5	2	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	22.2			0.2	0.2	0.3
26	Don Jackson	24	D	10	0	3	3	3	19	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.0			0.0	0.8	0.8
27	Kevin Maxwell	20	C	6	0	3	3	-1	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Neal Broten	21	C	3	2	0	2	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3			0.2	0.1	0.2
29	Ron Friest	22	LW	4	1	0	1	-2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Don Beaupre	19	G	44	0	1	1	0	20				0	1			0		2580	58:38	0.0	0.0	8.9
31	Murray Brumwell	20	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.1
32	Joe Contini	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Jim Dobson	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Rob Flockhart	24	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
35	Jon Fontas	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Roger Melin	24	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
37	Gilles Meloche	30	G	38	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2211	58:11	0.0	0.0	7.5
	Team Total			80	291	471	762	12	1580	196	88	7	35	303	162	6	2578	11.3			28.8	44.5	89.6

MNS Goalies Regular Season

MNS Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Don Beaupre	19	44		18	14	11	138	1309	1171	.895	3.21	0	2580				85	24.1
2	Gilles Meloche	30	38		17	14	6	120	1076	956	.888	3.26	2	2211				90	13.3
	Team Total				35	28	17	258	2385	2127	.892	3.23	2	4791				87	37.4

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Minnesota North Stars defeat Buffalo Sabres 4-1