Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, November 27, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Tuesday, November 27, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 27–21.
Goals came from Derek Smith, Danny Gare, Craig Ramsay, Rick Martin, Rick Middleton, John Wensink and Gilbert Perreault.
Bob Sauve made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (9)Unassisted1–001:17 BUF
Danny Gare (14)Rick Martin (10), Jerry Korab (1)2–009:14 BUF
2nd period
Craig Ramsay (7)Don Luce (12), John Gould (2)3–012:36 BUF
Rick Martin (10)Ric Seiling (9), Richie Dunn (9)4–016:46 BUF
3rd period
Rick Middleton (8)Jean Ratelle (17), Wayne Cashman (10)4–100:24 BOS · 
John Wensink (4)Don Marcotte (9), Bob Miller (7)4–213:23 BOS
Gilbert Perreault (15)Craig Ramsay (13), Don Luce (13)5–219:51 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFBOS
2127
0%0%
0/31/5
1723
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:24 into the first period
Ray Bourque · tripping2 min - 7:13 into the first periodWayne Cashman · slashing2 min
- 14:06 into the first period
Ric Seiling · interference2 min - 18:21 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodRick Martin · interference2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodBob Miller · hooking2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · misconduct10 min
- 19:09 into the second periodRic Seiling · tripping2 min
- 1:52 into the third periodRick Middleton · fighting5 min
- 1:52 into the third periodRichie Dunn · fighting5 min
- 1:52 into the third periodJerry Korab · high sticking2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodDerek Smith · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |