Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 11, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Thursday, October 11, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 36–17.
Danny Gare scored twice. Jim Schoenfeld, Peter Scamurra, Rolf Edberg, Dennis Maruk, Gilbert Perreault, Derek Smith and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Don Edwards made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Schoenfeld (1)Danny Gare (1), John Van Boxmeer (1)0–101:48 BUF · 
Danny Gare (1)Derek Smith (1)0–202:32 BUF
Peter Scamurra (1)Dennis Maruk (1), Mike Gartner (1)1–210:50 WSH
2nd period
Rolf Edberg (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1), Leif Svensson (1)2–200:13 WSH
Dennis Maruk (1)Peter Scamurra (1), Pierre Bouchard (1)3–206:04 WSH
Gilbert Perreault (1)Rick Martin (1), Craig Ramsay (1)3–307:05 BUF
Derek Smith (1)Tony McKegney (1), Richie Dunn (1)3–407:34 BUF
3rd period
- Danny Gare (2)John Van Boxmeer (2), Derek Smith (2)3–507:48 BUF
Lindy Ruff (1)Ric Seiling (1), Craig Ramsay (2)3–618:54 BUF ·
Team stats
WSHBUF
1736
0%0%
0/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Ryan Walter · boarding2 min - 4:35 into the first period
Tony McKegney · charging2 min - 13:42 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodLarry Playfair · hooking2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodDennis Hextall · holding2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodLeif Svensson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dennis HextallC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |