Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 15, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Saturday, November 15, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 29–26.
Goals came from Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Anders Kallur, Tony McKegney and Bryan Trottier.
Billy Smith made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (7)Bryan Trottier (20), Mike Bossy (10)0–104:20 NYI
Denis Potvin (4)Mike Bossy (11), Bryan Trottier (21)0–217:05 NYI
Anders Kallur (7)Denis Potvin (15)0–319:37 NYI ·
3rd period
Tony McKegney (8)Derek Smith (14)1–300:27 BUF
Bryan Trottier (6)Clark Gillies (12), Denis Potvin (16)1–419:19 NYI ·
Team stats
BUFNYI
2926
0%0%
0/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:53 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · hooking2 min - 5:56 into the second period
Bob Lorimer · hooking2 min - 16:24 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
- 16:02 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |