1980–81 Round 1
Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
The Sabres defeated the Canucks 3-0.
Series Summary
Buffalo had more shot attempts in all situations and won the series 3-0.
3-0
RECORD
13
GF
7
GA
+6
DIFF
36.4%
PP%
91.7%
PK%
- IN NET
- Buffalo Edwards .896
- TOP SKATER
- Van Boxmeer, 4.0 series Game Score (0G, 5A)
Game Log
| Game | Date | Score | Result | BUF SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Apr 8 | BUF 3 – 2 VAN | W | 27 |
| Game 2 | Apr 9 | BUF 5 – 2 VAN | W | 37 |
| Game 3 | Apr 11 | VAN 3 – 5 BUF | W | 24 |
Win Probability by Game
Buffalo's chance of winning, one game at a time.
Game 1, Apr 8, 1981: VAN 2 at BUF 3 (OT). Game page
WIN PROBABILITY
Opened at 63%.
OT 5:00
BIGGEST SWINGS
- P3 19:52A. Savard (1) 0% to 56%+56
- OT 05:00A. Haworth (1) 56% to 100%+44
- P2 04:51C. Fraser (1) 61% to 40%-21
- P2 00:14R. Seiling (1) 42% to 61%+19
Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.
Win DNA
Winning traits, game by game. Definitions and season win rates are on Team Stats.
Wins (39)Losses (20)
No losses in this series, so this is the regular season's shape.
Skaters
| Player | GP | Scoring | PP | Game Score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | P ▾ | +/- | PIM | SOG | GS | |||||||
| John Van Boxmeer | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4.0 | ||||
| Gilbert Perreault | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.4 | ||||
| Andre Savard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2.9 | ||||
| Danny Gare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2.9 | ||||
| Lindy Ruff | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||
| Richie Dunn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||
| Tony McKegney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.5 | ||||
| Craig Ramsay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | ||||
| Alan Haworth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.8 | ||||
| Derek Smith | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | ||||
| Ric Seiling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.3 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | ||||
| Bill Hajt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.9 | ||||
| Rob McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Gilles Hamel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.3 | ||||
| Larry Playfair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Jean-Francois Sauve | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Goalies
| Goalie | GP ▾ | W-L | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI/G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 3 | 3-0 | 7 | 2.29 | .896 | 0 | 61:09 | 0.8 |
A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings.