Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, April 6, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 on Sunday, April 6, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 38–23.
Danny Gare scored twice. Bill Hajt, Tony McKegney, Jim Schoenfeld, Gilbert Perreault, Don Luce, Ian Turnbull, Pat Hickey and Rocky Saganiuk also scored.
Don Edwards made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 31 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Hajt (4)Don Luce (29), Rick Dudley (21)0–105:32 BUF
Danny Gare (55)Tony McKegney (29), Richie Dunn (31)0–212:28 BUF ·
2nd period
Tony McKegney (23)Danny Gare (33), Mike Ramsey (6)0–313:20 BUF
Jim Schoenfeld (9)Unassisted0–413:28 BUF
Gilbert Perreault (40)Ric Seiling (35), Bill Hajt (12)0–514:37 BUF
3rd period
Don Luce (14)Craig Ramsay (39), Rick Dudley (22)0–601:42 BUF- Danny Gare (56)Derek Smith (39), Larry Playfair (10)0–703:39 BUF
Ian Turnbull (11)Laurie Boschman (32), Larry Carriere (1)1–709:22 TOR
Pat Hickey (31)Borje Salming (52), Richard Mulhern (13)2–718:01 TOR · 
Rocky Saganiuk (24)Mike Kaszycki (18), John Anderson (28)3–719:19 TOR
Team stats
TORBUF
2338
0%0%
1/31/4
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:42 into the first period
Rocky Saganiuk · hooking2 min - 9:12 into the first period
Jim Schoenfeld · hooking2 min - 12:23 into the first periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodBorje Salming · tripping2 min
- 10:27 into the third periodMike Kaszycki · tripping2 min
- 16:09 into the third periodTony McKegney · tripping2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodRick Dudley · misconduct10 min
- 19:19 into the third periodRocky Saganiuk · misconduct10 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Larry CarriereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Richard MulhernD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 38 | 7 | .816 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |