The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the New York Islanders, 4 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1980 playoff series on April 29, 1980.

Final

Islanders

1-0-0

4

Sabres

0-1-0

1

Team

NYI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

BUF

Rick Dudley (EV) assisted by Craig Ramsay

Bob Bourne (SH) unassisted

Mike Bossy (EV) unassisted

2nd period

NYI

BUF

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Dave Langevin and Stefan Persson

3rd period

NYI

BUF

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Duane Sutter

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	32	31	.969	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	16.7
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	4	25.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	3	66.7
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (L) D. Edwards	0	1	0	29	25	.862	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Rick Dudley R. Dudley	1	0	1	-2	0	1	100.0
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.0
Rob McClanahan R. McClanahan	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Robert Mongrain R. Mongrain	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	0	0	-1	2	8	0.0