Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 6, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Sunday, January 6, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 27–25.
Goals came from Al Hill, Rick Martin, Danny Gare, Dennis Ververgaert, Bill Barber and Rick MacLeish.
Pete Peeters made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Al Hill (7)Jimmy Watson (9), Mike Busniuk (11)1–012:34 PHI
Rick Martin (19)Derek Smith (19), Rick Dudley (8)1–115:36 BUF ·
2nd period
Danny Gare (27)Derek Smith (20), Jim Schoenfeld (17)1–205:44 BUF
Dennis Ververgaert (8)Bill Barber (18), Norm Barnes (19)2–216:46 PHI
3rd period
Bill Barber (20)Dennis Ververgaert (10), Ken Linseman (25)3–203:45 PHI
Rick MacLeish (22)Paul Holmgren (12)4–214:47 PHI
Team stats
PHIBUF
2725
0%0%
0/21/3
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:41 into the first period
Danny Gare · high sticking2 min - 12:41 into the first periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 12:41 into the first period
Jimmy Watson · high sticking2 min - 12:41 into the first periodJimmy Watson · fighting5 min
- 14:54 into the first periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 0:56 into the second periodJimmy Watson · roughing2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodAndre Dupont · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |