Saturday, November 10, 1979 · Capital Centre
Sabres 5 at Capitals 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
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1:56
Gilbert Perreault (9) PPG Lindy Ruff (7), Danny Gare (9) BUF 1 – 0 WSH
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2:21
Don Luce (3) Bill Hajt (3), Rick Dudley (1) BUF 2 – 0 WSH
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4:18
Danny Gare (8) Craig Ramsay (9), Gilbert Perreault (10) BUF 3 – 0 WSH
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6:10
Mark Lofthouse (3) Guy Charron (7), Gord Lane (2) BUF 3 – 1 WSH
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8:38
Mike Gartner (2) Robert Picard (8), Ryan Walter (7) BUF 3 – 2 WSH
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10:27
Rolf Edberg (7) Leif Svensson (5), Tom Rowe (6) BUF 3 – 3 WSH
3rd Period
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16:16
Robert Mongrain (2) Unassisted BUF 4 – 3 WSH
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19:01
Craig Ramsay (3) PPG Ric Seiling (4), Don Luce (6) BUF 5 – 3 WSH
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ramsay L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.53 |
| Danny Gare R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.53 |
| Don Luce C | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1.30 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.22 |
| Robert Mongrain C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0.85 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Lindy Ruff L | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0.40 |
| John Van Boxmeer D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.32 |
| Richie Dunn D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Tony McKegney L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| John Gould R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Derek Smith C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Larry Playfair D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 60:00 | 0.55 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Rolf Edberg C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Ryan Walter C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 1 | 7 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Leif Svensson D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.48 |
| Tom Rowe R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Errol Rausse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Greg Polis R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Claude Noel C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Paul Mulvey L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Inness | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 59:50 | -1.20 |