The Buffalo Sabres lost to the Boston Bruins, 5 to 1, on December 16, 1979.

Final

Bruins

17-8-5

5

Sabres

20-8-3

1

Team

BOS

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

BUF

Danny Gare (PP) assisted by Craig Ramsay and John Van Boxmeer

Terry O'Reilly (EV) assisted by Peter McNab and Ray Bourque

2nd period

BOS

BUF

Terry O'Reilly (EV) assisted by Al Secord and Mike Milbury

3rd period

BOS

BUF

Jean Ratelle (PP) assisted by Rick Middleton and Dick Redmond

Rick Middleton (EV) unassisted

Stan Jonathan (EV) assisted by Terry O'Reilly and Dwight Foster

Bruins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Gilbert (W) G. Gilbert	1	0	0	27	26	.963	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	1	1	+2	5	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dwight Foster D. Foster	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Bobby Lalonde B. Lalonde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Peter McNab P. McNab	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Miller B. Miller	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	2	1	3	+3	8	0	0	1	3	66.7
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Al Secord A. Secord	0	1	1	+2	7	0	0	0	2	0.0
Thomas Songin T. Songin	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (L) B. Sauve	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Rick Dudley R. Dudley	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Danny Gare D. Gare	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	4	25.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	1	0.0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	3	0.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0