Quebec Nordiques vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 23, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sunday, December 23, 1979 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Nordiques 28–23.
Goals came from Reginald Thomas, Jamie Hislop, Jim Schoenfeld and Real Cloutier.
Michel Dion made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Reginald Thomas (4)Jamie Hislop (11), Dale Hoganson (14)1–004:17 QUE
2nd period
Jamie Hislop (4)Robbie Ftorek (21)2–001:10 QUE · 
Jim Schoenfeld (6)Gilbert Perreault (23), Jerry Korab (3)2–109:42 BUF
3rd period
Real Cloutier (23)Rich Leduc (13), Marc Tardif (16)3–116:19 QUE
Team stats
QUEBUF
2328
0%0%
0/20/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:04 into the first period
Gerry Hart · holding2 min - 19:12 into the first periodPierre Plante · holding2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodPaul Baxter · tripping2 min
- 15:15 into the second period
John Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min - 19:10 into the second periodBarry Legge · holding2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodGarry Lariviere · interference2 min
- 7:59 into the third periodRick Martin · tripping2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Jamie HislopR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Reginald ThomasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob FitchnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Roland CloutierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Blair StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Goran HogostaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michel DionG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |