New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 9, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Wednesday, January 9, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 29–22.
Goals came from Bryan Trottier, Craig Ramsay, Rick Martin, John Tonelli and Richie Dunn.
Don Edwards made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (23)Clark Gillies (22), Mike Bossy (15)1–004:53 NYI · 
Craig Ramsay (11)Richie Dunn (15), Gilbert Perreault (29)1–110:46 BUF ·
2nd period
Rick Martin (20)Jerry Korab (5)1–215:30 BUF
John Tonelli (8)Bobby Nystrom (4), Stefan Persson (16)2–216:45 NYI
3rd period
Richie Dunn (3)Ric Seiling (18), Rick Dudley (9)2–311:27 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
2229
0%0%
1/31/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Jerry Korab · cross checking2 min - 4:27 into the first periodDon Edwards · tripping2 min
- 10:00 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · holding2 min - 12:46 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodCraig Ramsay · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodDave Langevin · hooking2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · high sticking2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Richie DunnD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |