Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Sunday, December 28, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 32–29.
Danny Gare scored twice. Derek Smith, Rob McClanahan, Don Luce, Peter McNab and Keith Crowder also scored.
Bob Sauve made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Smith (10)Danny Gare (19), Tony McKegney (13)0–105:44 BUF
2nd period
Danny Gare (23)Richie Dunn (19), Andre Savard (12)0–204:21 BUF · 
Rob McClanahan (1)Don Luce (8), Richie Dunn (20)0–306:10 BUF
Don Luce (9)John Van Boxmeer (19)0–409:09 BUF
3rd period
Peter McNab (15)Terry O'Reilly (10)1–400:43 BOS- Danny Gare (24)Derek Smith (23), Tony McKegney (14)1–501:08 BUF
Keith Crowder (3)Steve Kasper (16), Wayne Cashman (16)2–513:58 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
2932
0%0%
0/31/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Steve Kasper · elbowing2 min - 12:39 into the first period
Alan Haworth · tripping2 min - 18:21 into the first periodBrad McCrimmon · slashing2 min
- 3:24 into the second periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 10:02 into the third periodRick Martin · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |