Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, October 25, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–0 on Thursday, October 25, 1979 at Detroit Olympia. The Sabres outshot the Red Wings 26–23.
Vaclav Nedomansky scored twice. Reed Larson and Errol Thompson also scored.
Jim Rutherford made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Vaclav Nedomansky (4)Reed Larson (3), Dan Labraaten (4)0–118:57 DET ·
3rd period
Reed Larson (1)Dale McCourt (3), Peter Mahovlich (5)0–205:08 DET · 
Errol Thompson (5)Dale McCourt (4), Mike Foligno (4)0–309:13 DET · - Vaclav Nedomansky (5)Dan Labraaten (5)0–410:33 DET ·
Team stats
BUFDET
2623
0%0%
0/44/9
2515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:47 into the first period
Danny Gare · slashing2 min - 9:50 into the first period
Dennis Polonich · elbowing2 min - 12:26 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodBarry Long · high sticking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodRick Dudley · boarding2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodDave Schultz · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodDennis Polonich · roughing2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodDennis Polonich · charging2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodThommie Bergman · interference2 min
- 4:37 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · slashing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 10:01 into the third periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | W | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |