Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 21, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
Don Lever (4)Rick Vaive (2)1–001:21 VAN
John Van Boxmeer (2)Jim Schoenfeld (3)1–112:42 BUF
2nd period
Rick Martin (2)Robert Mongrain (1)1–203:04 BUF
Rick Blight (1)Unassisted2–213:59 VAN
3rd period
- John Van Boxmeer (3)Bill Hajt (1), Gilbert Perreault (5)2–305:38 BUF
- Don Lever (5)Thomas Gradin (4), Dennis Kearns (3)3–316:51 VAN ·
Team stats
VANBUF
2234
0%0%
1/20/3
2321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:43 into the first period
Ric Seiling · fighting5 min - 4:43 into the first period
Jack McIlhargey · fighting5 min - 8:19 into the first periodBob Manno · hooking2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodStan Smyl · elbowing2 min
- 16:36 into the second periodCraig Ramsay · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodRick Dudley · roughing2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodRic Seiling · misconduct10 min
- 13:23 into the third periodJere Gillis · misconduct10 min
- 13:23 into the third periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 15:00 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · interference2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodDennis Kearns · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Don LeverC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Curt RidleyG | T | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | T | 22 | 3 | .864 |