Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Scoring
1st period
John Van Boxmeer (4)Mike Ramsey (4), Derek Smith (12)0–104:57 BUF · 
Don Luce (3)Rick Dudley (5), Richie Dunn (7)0–209:51 BUF
John Ogrodnick (10)Reed Larson (5), George Lyle (9)1–212:25 DET
Danny Gare (12)Derek Smith (13), Larry Playfair (2)1–315:24 BUF- John Van Boxmeer (5)Unassisted1–418:47 BUF
2nd period
Mike Foligno (7)George Lyle (10), Greg Joly (1)2–405:05 DET
George Lyle (5)John Ogrodnick (8), Jim Rutherford (1)3–417:49 DET
3rd period
Reed Larson (5)Dale McCourt (13), Errol Thompson (11)4–406:57 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
2325
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:52 into the first period
Errol Thompson · tripping2 min - 5:28 into the first periodRick Vasko · hooking2 min
- 10:18 into the first period
Rob McClanahan · hooking2 min - 12:45 into the first periodLindy Ruff · holding2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodPerry Miller · interference2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodDan Labraaten · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | T | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | T | 23 | 4 | .826 |