The Minnesota North Stars lost to the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 2, on November 17, 1979.

Final

Sabres

10-5-3

4

North Stars

9-4-3

2

Team

BUF

MNS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MNS

Derek Smith (EV) assisted by Danny Gare and Tony McKegney

Fred Barrett (EV) assisted by Mike Polich and Kent-Erik Andersson

Gilbert Perreault (EV) unassisted

2nd period

BUF

MNS

John Gould (EV) assisted by Lindy Ruff

John Gould (EV) assisted by Craig Ramsay and Don Luce

3rd period

BUF

MNS

Steve Payne (EV) assisted by Per-Olov Brasar and Al MacAdam

Sabres

North Stars

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

North Stars

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (W) D. Edwards	1	0	0	37	35	.946	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Rick Dudley R. Dudley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
John Gould J. Gould	2	0	2	+2	2	1	4	50.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	0.0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	1	1	+2	0	0	4	0.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Robert Mongrain R. Mongrain	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	25.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	+3	7	0	3	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Meloche (L) G. Meloche	0	1	0	35	31	.886	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Fred Barrett F. Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0.0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0.0
Tom McCarthy T. McCarthy	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Mike Polich M. Polich	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Gary Sargent G. Sargent	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Glen Sharpley G. Sharpley	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Paul Shmyr P. Shmyr	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Tim Young T. Young	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Zanussi R. Zanussi	0	0	0	-2	7	2	0.0