Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Friday, December 26, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 35–26.
Goals came from Derek Smith, Alan Haworth, Darryl Sutter, Reg Kerr and Richie Dunn.
Don Edwards made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (9)Richie Dunn (18)0–113:09 BUF · 
Alan Haworth (2)Gilles Hamel (7)0–218:05 BUF
2nd period
Darryl Sutter (14)Tom Lysiak (25), Peter Marsh (8)1–201:18 CHI
Reg Kerr (17)Bob Murray (16), Terry Ruskowski (29)2–202:39 CHI
3rd period
Richie Dunn (3)Tony McKegney (12), Derek Smith (22)2–317:44 BUF ·
Team stats
CHIBUF
2635
0%0%
0/12/5
2214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:13 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · elbowing2 min - 13:05 into the first periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
- 15:12 into the first period
Danny Gare · slashing2 min - 15:12 into the first periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 15:12 into the first periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 15:12 into the first periodKeith Brown · slashing2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodKeith Brown · fighting5 min
- 15:12 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 6:16 into the second periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodAl Secord · interference2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodReg Kerr · charging2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |