New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, November 29, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Thursday, November 29, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 27–24.
Goals came from Derek Smith, Don Murdoch and Rick Martin.
Don Edwards made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (10)Jim Schoenfeld (13)0–116:19 BUF
2nd period
Don Murdoch (11)Dave Maloney (5), Phil Esposito (12)1–110:35 NYR
3rd period
Rick Martin (11)Gilbert Perreault (14), Ric Seiling (10)1–209:50 BUF
Team stats
NYRBUF
2427
0%0%
0/20/3
119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:34 into the first period
Barry Beck · hooking2 min - 17:57 into the first period
Ric Seiling · hooking2 min - 8:53 into the second periodJerry Korab · interference2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodRon Duguay · hooking2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 12:57 into the third periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |