The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 to 3, in Game 1 of the 1979 playoff series on April 10, 1979.

Final

Penguins

1-0-0

4

Sabres

0-1-0

3

Team

PIT

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

BUF

Mike Boland (EV) assisted by Andre Savard and Rene Robert

Rod Schutt (EV) assisted by Tom Bladon and Peter Lee

2nd period

PIT

BUF

Rene Robert (EV) assisted by Andre Savard and Richard Martin

3rd period

PIT

BUF

Blair Chapman (EV) assisted by Colin Campbell

Gary Mcadam (EV) assisted by George Ferguson and Colin Campbell

Orest Kindrachuk (EV) assisted by Ross Lonsberry and Rick Kehoe

Don Luce (EV) assisted by Dave Schultz and Bill Stewart

Penguins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Denis Herron (W) D. Herron	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Colin Campbell C. Campbell	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0
Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Blair Chapman B. Chapman	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
George Ferguson G. Ferguson	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Rick Kehoe R. Kehoe	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0
Peter Lee P. Lee	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Greg Malone G. Malone	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Rod Schutt R. Schutt	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	50.0
Ron Stackhouse R. Stackhouse	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (L) B. Sauve	0	1	0	22	18	.818	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Mike Boland M. Boland	1	0	1	+1	2	4	25.0
Ken Breitenbach K. Breitenbach	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Rick Dudley R. Dudley	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Don Luce D. Luce	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jacques Richard J. Richard	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Rene Robert R. Robert	1	1	2	0	2	4	25.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Dave Schultz D. Schultz	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Bill Stewart B. Stewart	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0