Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 18, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 9–7 on Sunday, November 18, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 40–23.
Stan Weir scored twice, Blair MacDonald scored twice and Gilbert Perreault scored twice. Lindy Ruff, Ric Seiling, Derek Smith, Don Luce, Brett Callighen, Larry Playfair, Rick Martin, Dave Hunter, John Gould and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Bob Sauve made 16 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dave Dryden stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Weir (9)Doug Hicks (7)1–008:20 EDM · 
Lindy Ruff (3)Rick Martin (9)1–116:38 BUF
Blair MacDonald (13)Brett Callighen (10), Wayne Gretzky (17)2–117:09 EDM
2nd period
Ric Seiling (5)Jim Schoenfeld (9), Gilbert Perreault (11)2–200:47 BUF
Derek Smith (6)Danny Gare (13), Jim Schoenfeld (10)2–302:52 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (12)John Van Boxmeer (15), Danny Gare (14)2–404:51 BUF · 
Don Luce (5)Unassisted2–508:41 BUF
Brett Callighen (6)Risto Siltanen (8), Stan Weir (7)3–513:00 EDM · - Blair MacDonald (14)Wayne Gretzky (18), Brett Callighen (11)4–517:54 EDM
Larry Playfair (1)Derek Smith (6)4–618:37 BUF
Rick Martin (7)Gilbert Perreault (12), Ric Seiling (5)4–719:29 BUF
3rd period
- Stan Weir (10)Dave Hunter (5), Dave Lumley (10)5–705:40 EDM
Dave Hunter (2)Unassisted6–708:38 EDM · 
John Gould (5)Don Luce (9)6–814:18 BUF
Wayne Gretzky (7)Mark Messier (5)7–818:13 EDM- Gilbert Perreault (13)Richie Dunn (5)7–919:56 BUF ·
Team stats
EDMBUF
2340
0%0%
1/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:00 into the first period
Rick Dudley · elbowing2 min - 7:39 into the first period
Colin Campbell · boarding2 min - 4:22 into the second periodBrett Callighen · tripping2 min
- 10:06 into the second periodDave Lumley · charging2 min
- 12:18 into the second periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · high sticking2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · charging2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dan NewmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 22Poul PopielD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 20 | 5 | .750 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 23 | 7 | .696 |