Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 2, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 2–0 on Sunday, December 2, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 25–20.
Rick Martin scored twice.
Bob Sauve made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Wayne Stephenson stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
3rd period
Rick Martin (12)John Van Boxmeer (18), Gilbert Perreault (15)0–105:10 BUF- Rick Martin (13)Gilbert Perreault (16), John Van Boxmeer (19)0–207:03 BUF ·
Team stats
WSHBUF
2025
0%0%
0/21/3
87
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · hooking2 min - 18:04 into the first period
Robert Picard · slashing2 min - 3:58 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · slashing5 min
- 3:58 into the second periodRobert Picard · slashing2 min
- 14:18 into the second periodBrent Tremblay · holding2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg PolisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Brent TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |