Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Thursday, March 6, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 23–20.
Rick Martin scored twice. Don Luce, Bobby Hull, Danny Gare, Blaine Stoughton and Dave Keon also scored.
Don Edwards made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Don Luce (10)Rick Dudley (17), Craig Ramsay (31)0–111:21 BUF
2nd period
Rick Martin (37)Ric Seiling (29), Richie Dunn (26)0–202:22 BUF- Rick Martin (38)Gilbert Perreault (52), Ric Seiling (30)0–302:57 BUF
Bobby Hull (5)Mike Rogers (41), Mark Howe (47)1–306:25 HFD · 
Danny Gare (43)Tony McKegney (23), Larry Playfair (4)1–411:31 BUF
Blaine Stoughton (41)Mark Howe (48)2–413:22 HFD
Dave Keon (9)Tom Rowe (20)3–416:43 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
2320
0%0%
1/20/1
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:36 into the first period
Pat Boutette · tripping2 min - 19:44 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:34 into the second period
Andre Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HullL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |