Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, November 4, 1979 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at Spectrum. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 41–35.
Goals came from Bill Barber, Danny Gare, Ken Linseman and Paul Holmgren.
Pete Peeters made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Barber (5)Ken Linseman (10), Norm Barnes (6)0–107:24 PHI
Danny Gare (7)John Van Boxmeer (12), Rick Martin (5)1–112:54 BUF ·
2nd period
Ken Linseman (2)Paul Holmgren (4), Bill Barber (3)1–214:31 PHI · 
Paul Holmgren (7)Brian Propp (10), Bobby Clarke (10)1–318:58 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
4135
0%0%
1/51/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:49 into the first period
Dave Schultz · hooking2 min - 2:08 into the first period
Paul Holmgren · interference2 min - 11:02 into the first periodJimmy Watson · holding2 min
- 15:41 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 1:20 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodRobert Mongrain · interference2 min
- 5:45 into the second periodAl Hill · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodDave Schultz · high sticking2 min
- 1:46 into the third periodJohn Paddock · cross checking2 min
- 2:35 into the third periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dennis PattersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |