Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 41–27.
Goals came from Rick Dudley, Gilbert Perreault, Danny Gare, Jordy Douglas, Dave Debol and Derek Smith.
Don Edwards made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Dudley (3)Gilbert Perreault (21), Andre Savard (2)1–000:19 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (20)John Van Boxmeer (22), Craig Ramsay (19)2–012:46 BUF · 
Danny Gare (20)Rick Dudley (5), Gilbert Perreault (22)3–014:25 BUF ·
2nd period
Jordy Douglas (11)Blaine Stoughton (12), Dave Keon (28)3–108:28 HFD ·
3rd period
Dave Debol (2)Robert Stephenson (1)3–202:03 HFD
Derek Smith (14)Jerry Korab (2), Danny Gare (21)4–204:15 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
4127
0%0%
3/41/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:10 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · holding2 min - 6:46 into the first periodRick Martin · hooking2 min
- 10:55 into the first period
Jeff Brubaker · holding2 min - 11:52 into the first periodRick Dudley · high sticking2 min
- 11:52 into the first periodAl Sims · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 15:30 into the first periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodRic Seiling · tripping2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodJohn Garrett · interference2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodGordie Roberts · interference2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Robert StephensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Steve AlleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Rick HodgsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |