Colorado Rockies vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, November 5, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Wednesday, November 5, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
Goals came from Danny Gare, Tony McKegney, Mike McEwen, Lindy Ruff, Yvon Vautour, Andre Savard, Bill Hajt and Paul Gagne.
Don Edwards made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Danny Gare (8)Tony McKegney (6), Derek Smith (9)0–106:52 BUF
2nd period
Tony McKegney (6)Danny Gare (6)0–205:21 BUF
Mike McEwen (6)Lanny McDonald (8), Rob Ramage (12)1–206:48 CLR · 
Lindy Ruff (2)Rob McClanahan (1), Danny Gare (7)1–310:40 BUF
Yvon Vautour (3)Mike Gillis (1), Les Auge (1)2–311:03 CLR
Andre Savard (5)Gilbert Perreault (8), Rick Martin (10)2–414:56 BUF
Bill Hajt (1)Craig Ramsay (5), Rick Dudley (3)2–517:42 BUF
3rd period
Paul Gagne (7)Rob Ramage (13), Walt McKechnie (7)3–503:56 CLR
Team stats
CLRBUF
2323
0%0%
1/40/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Tony McKegney · holding2 min - 7:09 into the first period
Les Auge · interference2 min - 10:04 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodRon Delorme · interference2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · interference2 min
- 8:30 into the third periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Les AugeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Gary DillonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |