Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 21, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, November 21, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 27–22.
Blaine Stoughton scored a hat trick and Danny Gare scored twice. Jordy Douglas, Mike Rogers and Tony McKegney also scored.
John Garrett made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Blaine Stoughton (9)Dave Keon (12), Mark Howe (9)0–101:07 HFD
Jordy Douglas (4)Dave Keon (13), Blaine Stoughton (6)0–207:52 HFD
Danny Gare (10)Robert Mongrain (2), Tony McKegney (6)1–210:31 BUF
2nd period
Mike Rogers (6)Al Sims (5), Mark Howe (10)1–306:42 HFD- Blaine Stoughton (10)Jordy Douglas (9), Al Sims (6)1–413:07 HFD ·
Tony McKegney (4)Danny Gare (15), Derek Smith (7)2–418:18 BUF- Blaine Stoughton (11)Al Hangsleben (4), Jordy Douglas (10)2–519:15 HFD
3rd period
- Danny Gare (11)John Gould (1), Derek Smith (8)3–500:51 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
2722
0%0%
1/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · hooking2 min - 14:36 into the first period
Ray Allison · hooking2 min - 12:17 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJordy Douglas · tripping2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodJames Warner · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |