Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, November 19, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, November 19, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 43–30.
Reg Kerr scored twice. Denis Savard, Ted Bulley, Bob Murray, Derek Smith and Craig Ramsay also scored.
Tony Esposito made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (9)Tim Higgins (11), Mike O'connell (11)0–117:16 CHI
2nd period
Ted Bulley (4)Denis Savard (14), Ron Sedlbauer (1)0–213:05 CHI
Reg Kerr (6)Grant Mulvey (9), Dave Hutchison (3)0–316:14 CHI
3rd period
Bob Murray (3)Denis Savard (15), Tom Lysiak (12)0–405:06 CHI · 
Derek Smith (3)Gilbert Perreault (10)1–406:26 BUF · 
Craig Ramsay (5)Andre Savard (6), John Van Boxmeer (6)2–408:17 BUF · - Reg Kerr (7)Terry Ruskowski (15)2–519:26 CHI ·
Team stats
BUFCHI
4330
0%0%
2/61/2
1018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:16 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 13:16 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 13:16 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · roughing2 min - 16:10 into the first periodBob Murray · interference2 min
- 18:57 into the first periodBob Murray · holding2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodGreg Fox · slashing2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodDanny Gare · hooking2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · charging2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodFlorent Robidoux · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 9 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 43 | 2 | .954 |