Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 10, 1979 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, November 10, 1979 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 31–23.
Goals came from Gilbert Perreault, Don Luce, Danny Gare, Mark Lofthouse, Mike Gartner, Rolf Edberg, Robert Mongrain and Craig Ramsay.
Bob Sauve made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (9)Lindy Ruff (7), Danny Gare (9)1–001:56 BUF · 
Don Luce (3)Bill Hajt (3), Rick Dudley (1)2–002:21 BUF
Danny Gare (8)Craig Ramsay (9), Gilbert Perreault (10)3–004:18 BUF
Mark Lofthouse (3)Guy Charron (7), Gord Lane (2)3–106:10 WSH
Mike Gartner (2)Robert Picard (8), Ryan Walter (7)3–208:38 WSH
Rolf Edberg (7)Leif Svensson (5), Tom Rowe (6)3–310:27 WSH
3rd period
Robert Mongrain (2)Unassisted4–316:16 BUF
Craig Ramsay (3)Ric Seiling (4), Don Luce (6)5–319:01 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFWSH
2331
0%0%
2/60/6
2626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:13 into the first period
John Gould · fighting5 min - 2:13 into the first period
Robert Picard · fighting5 min - 7:43 into the first periodLeif Svensson · interference2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodRic Seiling · slashing2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodPaul Mulvey · slashing2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodDerek Smith · interference2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodRick Dudley · interference2 min
- 15:42 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 17:58 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 19:05 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · hooking2 min
- 0:38 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodGuy Charron · holding2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodRobert Picard · slashing2 min
- 8:21 into the third periodBench · leaving penalty box2 min
- 8:21 into the third periodLarry Playfair · interference2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodYvon Labre · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob SiroisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |