Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Friday, December 7, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Sabres 30–26.
Ric Seiling scored twice, Danny Gare scored twice and Bobby Sheehan scored twice. Pat Hickey and Derek Smith also scored.
Bob Sauve made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bill McKenzie stopped 12 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (7)Unassisted1–008:32 BUF- Ric Seiling (8)Gilbert Perreault (18), Rick Martin (12)2–015:27 BUF
Danny Gare (15)Tony McKegney (8), Derek Smith (11)3–019:27 BUF
2nd period
- Danny Gare (16)Unassisted4–017:51 BUF
3rd period
Pat Hickey (5)Wilf Paiement (11), Mike McEwen (20)4–101:24 CLR
Bobby Sheehan (2)Wilf Paiement (12)4–207:26 CLR
Derek Smith (11)Unassisted5–209:43 BUF- Bobby Sheehan (3)Ron Delorme (4)5–319:15 CLR
Team stats
BUFCLR
2630
0%0%
0/10/2
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:47 into the second period
John Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min - 18:53 into the second periodRick Martin · hooking2 min
- 15:41 into the third period
Rene Robert · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |