Buffalo Sabres vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 1980 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 8–4 on Thursday, December 11, 1980 at Stampede Corral. The Sabres outshot the Flames 42–25.
Derek Smith scored twice and Bill Clement scored twice. Bob MacMillan, Paul Reinhart, Don Lever, Earl Ingarfield, Kent Nilsson, Jim Schoenfeld, Willi Plett and Don Luce also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 17 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Bob MacMillan (9)Phil Russell (8), Kevin Lavallee (8)0–104:49 CGY · 
Paul Reinhart (6)Don Lever (9), Earl Ingarfield (3)0–212:01 CGY
Don Lever (5)Unassisted0–313:38 CGY
Derek Smith (6)Gilbert Perreault (20), Bob Sauve (1)1–314:34 BUF · 
Earl Ingarfield (2)Brad Smith (2), Paul Reinhart (12)1–415:23 CGY
2nd period
Kent Nilsson (15)Willi Plett (8), Paul Reinhart (13)1–504:40 CGY
Bill Clement (5)Alex McKendry (2), Dan Bouchard (1)1–609:53 CGY
Jim Schoenfeld (3)Don Luce (5)2–616:53 BUF
3rd period
- Derek Smith (7)John Van Boxmeer (16), Gilbert Perreault (21)3–603:25 BUF ·
- Bill Clement (6)Bert Wilson (3), Alex McKendry (3)3–712:28 CGY
Willi Plett (14)Don Lever (10), Kent Nilsson (24)3–813:24 CGY
Don Luce (7)Lindy Ruff (8), Mike Ramsey (8)4–815:34 BUF
Team stats
BUFCGY
4225
0%0%
2/61/2
917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:06 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · fighting5 min - 0:06 into the first period
Brad Smith · roughing2 min - 0:06 into the first periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 3:12 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · high sticking2 min
- 7:33 into the first periodRick Dudley · hooking2 min
- 14:08 into the first periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBob Murdoch · tripping2 min
- 1:42 into the third periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 2:32 into the third periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 25 | 8 | .680 |
Calgary Flames
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |