New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 31, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 6–2 on Thursday, January 31, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 32–25.
Danny Gare scored twice. Gilbert Perreault, Phil Esposito, Craig Ramsay, Rick Martin, Lindy Ruff and Ron Greschner also scored.
Don Edwards made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 12 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (30)Lindy Ruff (12), John Van Boxmeer (28)0–111:17 BUF · 
Phil Esposito (22)Ron Greschner (22), Don Maloney (31)1–117:40 NYR
2nd period
Danny Gare (29)Lindy Ruff (13), John Van Boxmeer (29)1–204:55 BUF
Craig Ramsay (14)Andre Savard (7), Richie Dunn (21)1–309:41 BUF
3rd period
Rick Martin (28)Gilbert Perreault (39), Ric Seiling (23)1–402:32 BUF- Danny Gare (30)Tony McKegney (15)1–508:52 BUF
Lindy Ruff (5)Rick Martin (21), Andre Savard (8)1–609:25 BUF
Ron Greschner (13)Dave Maloney (16), Anders Hedberg (23)2–610:56 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
3225
0%0%
1/41/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:16 into the first period
Dave Maloney · holding2 min - 10:28 into the first periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 14:20 into the first period
Jerry Korab · high sticking2 min - 14:20 into the first periodEd Hospodar · high sticking2 min
- 0:49 into the second periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodTony McKegney · high sticking2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodDon Edwards · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 10 | 3 | .700 | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 15 | 3 | .800 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |