Colorado Rockies vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 11, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sunday, November 11, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rockies 29–25.
Lucien DeBlois scored twice. Wilf Paiement, Don Luce, Rene Robert, Derek Smith, Craig Ramsay and Don Saleski also scored.
Hardy Astrom made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Wilf Paiement (2)Doug Berry (4), Mike McEwen (11)1–004:57 CLR · 
Lucien DeBlois (6)Doug Berry (5), Randy Pierce (4)2–008:14 CLR
Don Luce (4)Rick Martin (7)2–116:34 BUF
2nd period
Rene Robert (5)Pat Hickey (4)3–106:35 CLR
Derek Smith (4)John Van Boxmeer (13), Rick Martin (8)3–218:24 BUF ·
3rd period
- Lucien DeBlois (7)Pat Hickey (5), Doug Berry (6)4–217:29 CLR
Craig Ramsay (4)Danny Gare (10), Richie Dunn (4)4–319:37 BUF
Don Saleski (4)Randy Pierce (5)5–319:59 CLR ·
Team stats
CLRBUF
2529
0%0%
1/11/3
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:53 into the first period
John Van Boxmeer · interference2 min - 5:19 into the first period
Rob Ramage · interference2 min - 18:15 into the first periodDave Schultz · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodDave Schultz · fighting5 min
- 18:15 into the first periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodRob Ramage · fighting5 min
- 7:44 into the second periodDean Turner · holding2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodDon Luce · high sticking2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodRandy Pierce · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Nelson PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 30Bill OleschukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SchultzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |