Atlanta Flames vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, November 15, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Flames 5–1 on Thursday, November 15, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Flames 30–16.
Goals came from John Gould, Tony McKegney, Gilbert Perreault, Bob Murdoch, Danny Gare and Rick Martin.
Bob Sauve made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
John Gould (2)Craig Ramsay (10), Don Luce (7)0–104:03 BUF
Tony McKegney (3)John Van Boxmeer (14), Danny Gare (11)0–205:34 BUF
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (10)Unassisted0–303:57 BUF
Bob Murdoch (2)Willi Plett (9), Jean Pronovost (4)1–312:40 AFM
Danny Gare (9)Tony McKegney (4)1–418:41 BUF
3rd period
Rick Martin (6)Unassisted1–510:56 BUF
Team stats
AFMBUF
1630
0%0%
0/20/3
3028
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:51 into the first period
Phil Russell · elbowing2 min - 10:58 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · tripping2 min - 18:19 into the first periodPaul Reinhart · holding2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodPhil Russell · roughing2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodPhil Russell · fighting5 min
- 11:48 into the second periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the second periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the second periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 19:07 into the second periodGarry Unger · fighting5 min
- 19:07 into the second periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 3:24 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodRick Martin · interference2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 18:09 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |