Sunday, October 26, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Islanders 2 at Sabres 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:36
Craig Ramsay
(1)
Gilbert Perreault (4)
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
-
1:48
Lindy Ruff
(1)
Rick Martin (6)
NYI 0 – 2 BUF
-
2:17
John Van Boxmeer
(2)
Rick Martin (7), Andre Savard (3)
NYI 0 – 3 BUF
-
4:27
Anders Kallur
(4)
Mike Bossy (7), Bryan Trottier (4)
NYI 1 – 3 BUF
-
8:19
Danny Gare
(5)
Derek Smith (7)
NYI 1 – 4 BUF
-
9:19
John Van Boxmeer
(3)
Andre Savard (4), Rick Martin (8)
NYI 1 – 5 BUF
-
9:51
Duane Sutter
(3)
PPG
Clark Gillies (5), Butch Goring (4)
NYI 2 – 5 BUF
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
No scoring
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Sutter R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.90 |
| Anders Kallur C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Clark Gillies L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Butch Goring C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Mike Bossy R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Ken Morrow D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Lorne Henning C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Denis Potvin D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Tonelli L | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Jean Potvin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Stefan Persson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Steve Tambellini C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Garry Howatt L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.75 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.75 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | L | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 60:00 | -1.05 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2.55 |
| John Van Boxmeer D | 2 | 0 | 6 | +3 | 2.40 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 1.78 |
| Lindy Ruff L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Derek Smith C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Mike Ramsey D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Richie Dunn D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tony McKegney L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Danny Gare R | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | -0.23 |
| Larry Playfair D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 | 1.20 |