Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, October 24, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Wednesday, October 24, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 32–17.
Ric Seiling scored twice. Derek Smith, Gregg Sheppard, Lindy Ruff, Randy Carlyle, Danny Gare, Rick Martin, Gilbert Perreault and Nick Libett also scored.
Don Edwards made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (2)Tony McKegney (2), Jim Schoenfeld (4)0–104:32 BUF
2nd period
Gregg Sheppard (2)Unassisted1–104:46 PIT
Ric Seiling (2)Craig Ramsay (8), John Van Boxmeer (6)1–207:23 BUF · 
Lindy Ruff (2)Jim Schoenfeld (5), Rick Martin (4)1–314:50 BUF · 
Randy Carlyle (2)Unassisted2–316:42 PIT · 
Danny Gare (5)Gilbert Perreault (6), John Van Boxmeer (7)2–417:34 BUF ·
3rd period
Rick Martin (3)Gilbert Perreault (7), Richie Dunn (2)2–501:20 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (7)Jim Schoenfeld (6), John Van Boxmeer (8)2–603:34 BUF · - Ric Seiling (3)Richie Dunn (3)2–710:36 BUF
Nick Libett (2)Randy Carlyle (6), Pat Hughes (2)3–713:48 PIT ·
Team stats
PITBUF
1732
0%0%
2/84/7
1829
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:47 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · holding2 min - 7:03 into the first period
John Van Boxmeer · interference2 min - 8:02 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 10:31 into the first periodRichie Dunn · tripping2 min
- 16:04 into the first periodPat Hughes · interference2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · tripping2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodRuss Anderson · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · interference2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodMario Faubert · tripping2 min
- 2:10 into the third periodTom Bladon · cross checking2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodRobert Mongrain · hooking2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodDave Schultz · fighting5 min
- 4:36 into the third periodDave Schultz · game misconduct10 min
- 4:36 into the third periodOrest Kindrachuk · roughing2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodOrest Kindrachuk · slashing2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |