Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Flames 5–2 on Tuesday, April 1, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Flames 33–24.
Gilbert Perreault scored twice and Ric Seiling scored twice. Don Lever, Kent Nilsson and Rick Martin also scored.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Don Lever (33)Kent Nilsson (52), Pekka Rautakallio (24)0–100:39 AFM
Kent Nilsson (39)Don Lever (30), Ken Houston (30)0–201:04 AFM
Gilbert Perreault (36)Larry Playfair (6), Rob McClanahan (4)1–202:54 BUF- Gilbert Perreault (37)Robert Mongrain (4)2–203:27 BUF
Ric Seiling (24)John Van Boxmeer (40)3–212:35 BUF
3rd period
Rick Martin (44)Gilbert Perreault (63), Jim Schoenfeld (27)4–204:08 BUF- Ric Seiling (25)Gilbert Perreault (64), Rick Martin (31)5–210:08 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFAFM
3324
0%0%
1/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:34 into the first period
Dave Shand · holding2 min - 7:34 into the second period
Richie Dunn · holding2 min - 8:33 into the second periodKen Houston · high sticking2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · high sticking2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodDerek Smith · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Atlanta Flames
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |