Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, January 11, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 on Friday, January 11, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Sabres 22–17.
Goals came from Ron Delorme, Rick Martin, Don Luce, Ric Seiling, Gary Croteau, Danny Gare and Lucien DeBlois.
Don Edwards made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Delorme (14)Lanny McDonald (18), Mike McEwen (29)0–113:26 CLR · 
Rick Martin (21)Richie Dunn (16)1–118:57 BUF
2nd period
Don Luce (7)Unassisted2–106:12 BUF
Ric Seiling (11)Gilbert Perreault (30), Jerry Korab (6)3–115:03 BUF
Gary Croteau (1)Joel Quenneville (6), Rene Robert (21)3–218:07 CLR ·
3rd period
Danny Gare (28)Don Luce (21), Craig Ramsay (21)4–203:08 BUF
Lucien DeBlois (14)Gary Croteau (2)4–315:07 CLR
Team stats
BUFCLR
1722
0%0%
0/22/7
2424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:50 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 16:27 into the first periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the first periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodJerry Korab · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the first period
Mike Christie · fighting5 min - 16:27 into the first periodMike Kitchen · fighting5 min
- 3:57 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 7:18 into the second periodRandy Pierce · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:18 into the second periodRandy Pierce · misconduct10 min
- 8:30 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodDerek Smith · tripping2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodDanny Gare · tripping2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodJerry Korab · slashing2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 18Gary CroteauR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |