Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 1980 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 on Saturday, December 13, 1980 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 50–40.
Danny Gare scored twice. Darryl Sittler, Tony McKegney, Craig Ramsay, Ian Turnbull, Rick Vaive, Wilf Paiement and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Don Edwards made 46 saves on 50 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Darryl Sittler (16)Ian Turnbull (16), Borje Salming (26)0–107:17 TOR · 
Tony McKegney (16)John Van Boxmeer (17), Danny Gare (16)1–115:39 BUF · 
Craig Ramsay (8)Bill Hajt (5), Don Luce (6)2–115:57 BUF
Ian Turnbull (7)Dan Maloney (9), Wilf Paiement (16)2–216:53 TOR · 
Danny Gare (19)Tony McKegney (9), John Van Boxmeer (18)3–217:29 BUF- Danny Gare (20)Craig Ramsay (11)4–218:51 BUF
2nd period
Rick Vaive (14)Bill Derlago (17), Dan Maloney (10)4–305:10 TOR
3rd period
Wilf Paiement (15)Ian Turnbull (17), Borje Salming (27)4–401:02 TOR · 
Lindy Ruff (5)Gilbert Perreault (22), Danny Gare (17)5–404:02 BUF
Team stats
BUFTOR
4050
0%0%
1/23/6
124
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:58 into the first period
Larry Playfair · roughing2 min - 13:27 into the first period
Ron Ellis · interference2 min - 14:57 into the first periodDave Shand · hooking2 min
- 16:18 into the first periodRichie Dunn · boarding2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · tripping2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodRic Seiling · tripping2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodAndre Savard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:16 into the third periodAndre Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 50 | 4 | .920 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |