Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Scoring
1st period
Glen Sharpley (11)Mike Fidler (11)0–115:44 MNS
3rd period
Rick Dudley (7)Richie Dunn (14), Don Luce (4)1–104:11 BUF
Mike Fidler (5)Ron Zanussi (9), Greg Smith (9)1–205:47 MNS
Tim Young (11)Unassisted1–311:17 MNS
Don Luce (5)Craig Ramsay (7)2–312:31 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (6)John Van Boxmeer (13), Richie Dunn (15)3–319:15 BUF
Team stats
BUFMNS
2331
0%0%
0/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:14 into the first period
Larry Playfair · charging2 min - 1:22 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 1:22 into the second period
Fred Barrett · roughing2 min - 6:38 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · interference2 min
- 12:08 into the third periodRick Dudley · hooking2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodDanny Gare · tripping2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodAl MacAdam · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | T | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Mike FidlerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 23 | 3 | .870 |