Colorado Rockies vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 28, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 4–2 on Sunday, October 28, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rockies 28–27.
Goals came from Jim Schoenfeld, Nelson Pyatt, Rick Martin, Tony McKegney, Jack Valiquette and Don Luce.
Don Edwards made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Bill Oleschuk stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Schoenfeld (3)Lindy Ruff (4), John Van Boxmeer (9)0–114:14 BUF · 
Nelson Pyatt (4)Don Saleski (3)1–115:02 CLR
2nd period
Rick Martin (5)Jim Schoenfeld (7), Gilbert Perreault (9)1–214:02 BUF ·
3rd period
Tony McKegney (1)Derek Smith (3)1–305:24 BUF
Jack Valiquette (3)Wilf Paiement (3), Randy Pierce (2)2–310:56 CLR
Don Luce (1)Danny Gare (6), John Van Boxmeer (10)2–416:23 BUF
Team stats
CLRBUF
2728
0%0%
0/42/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Jim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min - 7:42 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 9:41 into the first period
Rob Ramage · tripping2 min - 13:15 into the first periodTrevor Johansen · interference2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodMike Christie · hooking2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min
- 19:56 into the second periodBarry Beck · elbowing2 min
- 11:27 into the third periodRick Martin · hooking2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Nelson PyattC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don AshbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dennis OwcharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill OleschukG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |