Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Saturday, January 5, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 31–21.
Greg Malone scored twice. Derek Smith, Ross Lonsberry, Craig Ramsay, Tony McKegney, Lindy Ruff, George Ferguson and Gilbert Perreault also scored.
Don Edwards made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (15)Gilbert Perreault (27), Richie Dunn (13)1–005:10 BUF · 
Greg Malone (10)Peter Lee (17), Rod Schutt (11)1–109:31 PIT
Ross Lonsberry (7)Rick Kehoe (14), George Ferguson (17)1–218:15 PIT ·
2nd period
Craig Ramsay (10)Gilbert Perreault (28), Richie Dunn (14)2–201:28 BUF · 
Tony McKegney (10)Jerry Korab (4)3–208:56 BUF- Greg Malone (11)Pat Hughes (7), Gary McAdam (10)3–310:22 PIT
Lindy Ruff (4)Andre Savard (4), Bill Hajt (4)4–312:07 BUF
George Ferguson (10)Rick Kehoe (15)4–412:18 PIT
3rd period
Gilbert Perreault (23)John Van Boxmeer (25)5–403:18 BUF
Team stats
BUFPIT
2131
0%0%
2/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Jerry Korab · high sticking2 min - 3:41 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · hooking2 min - 17:38 into the first periodRick Martin · interference2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodBob Stewart · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Dale TallonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |