Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 14, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Sunday, October 14, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 29–22.
Goals came from Rick Martin, Craig Hartsburg, Glen Sharpley, Steve Payne, Fred Barrett, Ric Seiling, Gilbert Perreault, Kent-Erik Andersson and John Van Boxmeer.
Gary Edwards made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 6 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Martin (1)Gilbert Perreault (3), Craig Ramsay (3)0–100:11 BUF
Craig Hartsburg (1)Bobby Smith (3)1–112:07 MNS ·
2nd period
Glen Sharpley (2)Ron Zanussi (1), Brad Maxwell (2)2–101:27 MNS
Steve Payne (2)Al MacAdam (3), Paul Shmyr (1)3–101:49 MNS
Fred Barrett (1)Unassisted4–113:38 MNS
Ric Seiling (1)Craig Ramsay (4)4–216:53 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (4)Rick Martin (2), Danny Gare (3)4–317:23 BUF
3rd period
Kent-Erik Andersson (2)Tim Young (2), Tom McCarthy (1)5–309:16 MNS
John Van Boxmeer (1)Larry Playfair (1), Craig Ramsay (5)5–414:42 BUF
Team stats
MNSBUF
2229
0%0%
1/30/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:17 into the first period
Rick Dudley · high sticking2 min - 16:09 into the first period
Curt Giles · tripping2 min - 5:38 into the second periodKris Manery · hooking2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · cross checking2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · cross checking2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 18:49 into the second periodRick Martin · hooking2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 15 | 4 | .733 | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 7 | 1 | .857 |