🐙 Away Red Wings 20-33-0 before this game

3–7

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	3
BUF	0	0	0	7

Red Wings at Sabres

Sabres beat Red Wings 7–3 at KeyBank Center on February 6, 1981.

🗓 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Andre Savard

3 G, 1 A

6 shots · +3

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Danny Gare

2 G, 1 A

5 shots

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jean-Francois Sauve

2 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BUF⚔️

34 Shots on goal 34

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

12 Penalty minutes 10

DET shooting 8.8% (3/34) BUF shooting 20.6% (7/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Gilles Gilbert

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Don Edwards

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 20-33 (38% win rate, 53 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 32-20 (62% win rate, 52 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 20-33 (38% win rate, 53 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 32-20 (62% win rate, 52 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on February 6, 1981?

Sabres won 7–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Sabres?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Sabres 7.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Gilles Gilbert made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Don Edwards made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 5

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 5

Also on February 6, 1981

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