Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–3 on Thursday, December 20, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Kings 40–19.
Ric Seiling scored twice and Danny Gare scored twice. Charlie Simmer, Randy Manery, Marcel Dionne and Derek Smith also scored.
Bob Sauve made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (9)Rick Dudley (3)0–109:19 BUF
Charlie Simmer (30)Dave Taylor (30), Marcel Dionne (39)1–112:21 LAK
Randy Manery (1)Charlie Simmer (25), Butch Goring (28)2–116:57 LAK ·
2nd period
Danny Gare (18)Rick Dudley (4), Andre Savard (1)2–204:22 BUF
Marcel Dionne (26)Charlie Simmer (26), Randy Manery (2)3–212:25 LAK · 
Derek Smith (13)Danny Gare (20), Tony McKegney (10)3–312:37 BUF
3rd period
- Danny Gare (19)Gilbert Perreault (20), Rick Martin (13)3–417:14 BUF ·
- Ric Seiling (10)Craig Ramsay (18)3–519:48 BUF ·
Team stats
LAKBUF
1940
0%0%
2/31/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:22 into the first period
Randy Manery · tripping2 min - 15:08 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 18:55 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · tripping2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodLindy Ruff · cross checking2 min
- 7:55 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 7:55 into the third periodBert Wilson · fighting5 min
- 9:07 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodRick Martin · interference2 min
- 16:51 into the third periodRandy Manery · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |