St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the St. Louis Blues 9–4 on Sunday, March 9, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Blues 40–32.
Derek Smith scored twice and Rick Martin scored 4 goals. Ric Seiling, Perry Turnbull, Brian Sutter, Danny Gare, Craig Ramsay, Blake Dunlop and Larry Patey also scored.
Bob Sauve made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 31 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (21)Tony McKegney (24), Larry Playfair (5)0–104:34 BUF
Ric Seiling (21)Gilbert Perreault (53)0–206:29 BUF
Perry Turnbull (8)Unassisted1–213:31 STL- Derek Smith (22)Gilbert Perreault (54), Bob Sauve (4)1–317:14 BUF ·
2nd period
Rick Martin (39)Unassisted1–410:35 BUF
Brian Sutter (21)Bernie Federko (49)2–414:49 STL
Danny Gare (44)Gilbert Perreault (55), Richie Dunn (27)2–515:24 BUF · - Rick Martin (40)Gilbert Perreault (56), Ric Seiling (31)2–616:55 BUF
- Rick Martin (41)Gilbert Perreault (57), Ric Seiling (32)2–717:21 BUF
3rd period
Craig Ramsay (17)Danny Gare (30), Rick Martin (25)2–803:56 BUF · 
Blake Dunlop (13)Ed Kea (15)3–805:50 STL · 
Larry Patey (13)Ralph Klassen (13)4–814:01 STL- Rick Martin (42)John Van Boxmeer (32)4–914:36 BUF
Team stats
STLBUF
3240
0%0%
1/43/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:07 into the first period
Dick Lamby · closing hand on puck2 min - 14:43 into the first period
Gilbert Perreault · tripping2 min - 16:15 into the first periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · interference2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodRick Martin · holding2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodBrian Sutter · hooking2 min
- 3:25 into the third periodEd Kea · interference2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Dick LambyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 40 | 9 | .775 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 4 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 9 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 5 | 5 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 23Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |