Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 30–27.
Goals came from Mel Bridgman, John Gould, Tony McKegney, Bob Dailey and Rick MacLeish.
Pete Peeters made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Mel Bridgman (5)Bob Kelly (6)0–111:58 PHI
John Gould (7)Craig Ramsay (16), Don Luce (18)1–115:05 BUF
3rd period
Tony McKegney (7)Derek Smith (12), Richie Dunn (11)2–101:31 BUF
Bob Dailey (3)Unassisted2–207:33 PHI
Rick MacLeish (18)Al Hill (5), Andre Dupont (3)2–309:50 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
2730
0%0%
0/30/1
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:10 into the first period
Rick MacLeish · interference2 min - 9:19 into the first period
Danny Gare · slashing2 min - 9:19 into the first periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodRick MacLeish · hooking2 min
- 12:07 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 12:15 into the first periodDanny Gare · tripping2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodMike Busniuk · charging2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |