Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 3–1 on Wednesday, October 17, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 26–13.
Craig Ramsay scored twice. Andre Lacroix and Gilbert Perreault also scored.
Don Edwards made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Ramsay (1)Don Luce (1), Lindy Ruff (3)0–118:49 BUF ·
3rd period
Andre Lacroix (1)Jordy Douglas (1)1–101:19 HFD
Gilbert Perreault (5)Rick Martin (3), Craig Ramsay (6)1–208:41 BUF- Craig Ramsay (2)Gilbert Perreault (4), Jim Schoenfeld (2)1–310:58 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
1326
0%0%
0/11/3
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:45 into the first period
Don Luce · tripping2 min - 16:56 into the first period
Charles Luksa · holding2 min - 4:02 into the second periodRick Ley · hooking2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Andre LacroixC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Maynard SchurmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Charles LuksaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35John GarrettG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 13 | 1 | .923 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |