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Second Round · Game 5

North Stars at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 MNS leads 4–1

North Stars, Second Round Game 5, beat Sabres 4–3 at KeyBank Center on April 22, 1981.

MNS – BUF
33–39
Shots on goal
0/1–1/3
Power play
22–18
Penalty minutes
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The game

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Second Round — Best of 7

MNS vs BUF · MNS leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
4–3
OT · MNS
Game 2
5–2
Final · MNS
Game 3
4–6
Final · MNS
Game 4
5–4
OT · BUF
Game 5
4–3
Final · MNS

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌌 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🌌 MNS
Brad Palmer
2 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Tony McKegney
1 G, 1 A
11 shots · -3

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jean-Francois Sauve PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:06
Assists: Tony McKegney, Ric Seiling · beat Don Beaupre
0–1
🌌 Ken Solheim Tying 1st · 15:36
Assists: Dino Ciccarelli · beat Don Edwards
1–1
2nd period
🌌 Kent-Erik Andersson Go-ahead 2nd · 15:14
Assists: Neal Broten, Brad Palmer · beat Don Edwards
2–1
🌌 Brad Maxwell 2nd · 18:01
Assists: Kent-Erik Andersson, Brad Palmer · beat Don Edwards
3–1
3rd period
🌌 Al MacAdam 3rd · 00:18
Assists: Steve Payne, Tim Young · beat Don Edwards
4–1
⚔️ Bob Hess 3rd · 02:03
Assists: Mike Ramsey · beat Don Beaupre
4–2
⚔️ Tony McKegney 3rd · 18:18
Assists: Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth · beat Don Beaupre
4–3

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌌MNS BUF⚔️
33 Shots on goal 39
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
22 Penalty minutes 18
MNS shooting 12.1% (4/33) BUF shooting 7.7% (3/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌌North Stars
Don Beaupre
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Don Edwards
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:25 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 1st: 16-7 (70% win rate, 23 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 10-9 (53% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
North Stars
North Stars — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 14-1 (93% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-9 (18% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 201981 ⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS 5–4 OT Apr 191981 ⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS 4–6 Apr 171981 🌌MNS @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Apr 161981 🌌MNS @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Mar 111981 ⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS 1–3
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Who won North Stars vs Sabres on April 22, 1981?

North Stars won 4–3. The final score was North Stars 4, Sabres 3.

Who scored for North Stars?

Al MacAdam, Brad Maxwell, Ken Solheim, Kent-Erik Andersson.

Who scored for Sabres?

Bob Hess, Jean-Francois Sauve, Tony McKegney.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

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

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Don Edwards made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌌 North Stars
BeforeApr 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS 5–4 AfterApr 28 🌌MNS @ 🔥CGY 4–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🌌MNS 5–4 AfterOct 7 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–5
Also on April 22
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