Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Wednesday, March 5, 1980 at Madison Square Garden.
Goals came from Craig Ramsay, Ron Duguay, John Van Boxmeer, Barry Beck, Tim Bothwell and Phil Esposito.
John Davidson made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Ramsay (16)Gilbert Perreault (50)1–000:25 BUF
Ron Duguay (21)Warren Miller (5), Eddie Johnstone (16)1–113:30 NYR
2nd period
John Van Boxmeer (10)Gilbert Perreault (51), Danny Gare (29)2–100:57 BUF · 
Barry Beck (11)Eddie Johnstone (17), Walt Tkaczuk (23)2–212:48 NYR
3rd period
Tim Bothwell (3)Doug Sulliman (7), Ron Duguay (22)2–303:37 NYR
Phil Esposito (29)Don Maloney (38), Dean Talafous (10)2–406:28 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
2424
0%0%
1/50/7
2329
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:55 into the first period
Phil Esposito · tripping2 min - 10:46 into the first period
Richie Dunn · holding2 min - 17:14 into the first periodBarry Beck · hooking2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodDanny Gare · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · tripping2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodJerry Korab · high sticking2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodRon Greschner · high sticking2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodDon Luce · hooking2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · tripping2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodJerry Korab · fighting5 min
- 10:34 into the second periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 10:34 into the second periodMario Marois · misconduct10 min
- 16:10 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 11:04 into the third periodTim Bothwell · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |