Thursday December 27, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from December 27, 1979



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (15-16-4) 1 1 1 3
Buffalo Sabres (24-9-3) 1 3 1 5

1: TOR,Rocky Saganiuk 7 (John Anderson), 1:40
BUF,Richie Dunn 2 (Derek Smith), 18:24 - PP
2: TOR,Ron Ellis 10 (Walt McKechnie), :28
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 21 (Rick Dudley, John Van Boxmeer), 12:19 - PP
BUF,Danny Gare 21 (Derek Smith, Tony McKegney), 12:30
BUF,Jerry Korab 1 (Derek Smith, Tony McKegney), 18:15
3: TOR,Rocky Saganiuk 8 (John Anderson, Joel Quenneville), 2:34
BUF,Danny Gare 22, 19:12 - EN
Penalties:

1: Darryl Sittler, TOR [Hi-sticking] 9:47
Larry Playfair, BUF [Roughing] 14:28
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Roughing] 14:28
Borje Salming, TOR [Hooking] 15:39
Ian Turnbull, TOR [Holding] 16:47
Ian Turnbull, TOR [Tripping] 19:12
Rick Martin, BUF [Tripping] 19:41
2: Rocky Saganiuk, TOR [Tripping] 4:37
Don Luce, BUF [Hooking] 8:36
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Interference] 10:38
Lindy Ruff, BUF [Hooking] 15:37
3: John Van Boxmeer, BUF [Roughing] 4:09
Dan Maloney, TOR [Roughing] 4:09
Rick Dudley, BUF [Hooking] 8:12
Penalty time: TOR: 16 minutes BUF: 12 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 4 0 3
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Ron Ellis 6 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rocky Saganiuk 8 RW 2 0 2 2 0 2
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
John Anderson 10 RW 0 2 2 0 0 1
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Laurie Boschman 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Darryl Maggs 24 D 0 0 0 0 1 4
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Carl Brewer 28 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Paul Harrison 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-225
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-225

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Jerry Korab 4 D 1 0 1 0 2 3
John Van Boxmeer 5 D 0 1 1 2 -1 5
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Rick Dudley 9 LW 0 1 1 2 0 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 1 0 1 0 -3 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 5
John Gould 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Gare 18 RW 2 0 2 0 3 5
Derek Smith 19 C 0 3 3 0 2 0
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 2 1 1
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)134
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)134
Shots: TOR: 8- 7-10-25 BUF: 11-12-11-34 Goalies: TOR: Paul Harrison (L, 4-6-2) BUF: Don Edwards (W, 14-4-1) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Don Koharski Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (17-8-7) 2 1 0 3
Colorado Rockies (11-20-3) 0 2 2 4

1: MIN,Mike Fidler 4 (Glen Sharpley, Ron Zanussi), 6:48
MIN,Al MacAdam 18 (Mike Eaves), 7:27 - PP
2: MIN,Tim Young 13 (Al MacAdam, Steve Payne), 2:56
COL,Don Saleski 7 (Mike Gillis, Pat Hickey), 3:32
COL,Rene Robert 14 (Nick Beverley, Mike Kitchen), 12:56
3: COL,Mike McEwen 9 (Rene Robert, Wilf Paiement), 7:46 - PP
COL,Rob Ramage 5 (Mike McEwen, Ron Delorme), 12:55 - PP
Penalties:

1: Mike Christie, COL [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 6:48
Tom McCarthy, MIN [Interference] 7:38
Tom McCarthy, MIN [Interference] 9:54
2: Don Saleski, COL [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 3:42
Mike Fidler, MIN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 3:42
Mike Christie, COL [Roughing] 8:38
Dean Turner, COL [Holding] 14:17
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Tripping] 19:52
3: Steve Payne, MIN [Hooking] 3:08
Dean Turner, COL [Slashing] 5:20
Mike Fidler, MIN [Hooking] 7:21
Ron Zanussi, MIN [Interference] 12:50
Penalty time: MIN: 19 minutes COL: 15 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Shmyr 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 1 1 2 1 0
Tom McCarthy 11 LW 0 0 0 4 0 1
Mike Fidler 12 LW 1 0 1 9 1 3
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Young 17 C 1 0 1 0 -1 8
Mike Eaves 18 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 1 1 2 -1 3
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Edwards 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)029

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Beverley 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Mike McEwen 4 D 1 1 2 0 -1 1
Dean Turner 5 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Rob Ramage 6 D 1 0 1 0 1 5
Randy Pierce 7 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Doug Berry 8 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Lucien DeBlois 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Don Saleski 11 RW 1 0 1 7 1 2
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 1 2 0 0 5
Jack Valiquette 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike Gillis 20 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bobby Sheehan 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Bill McKenzie 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)032
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)032
Shots: MIN: 9- 9-11-29 COL: 11- 7-14-32 Goalies: MIN: Gary Edwards (L, 3-5-5) COL: Bill McKenzie (W, 7-4-1) Referee: Ron Harris Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Bob Luther Attendance: 8,348



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (12-18-6) 1 0 2 3
Detroit Red Wings (10-16-7) 0 2 0 2

1: STL,Brian Sutter 11 (Bernie Federko), 11:05
2: DET,Dennis Sobchuk 4 (Mike Foligno, Reed Larson), 1:43
DET,Dan Bolduc 4 (Paul Woods, Dennis Sobchuk), 17:46
3: STL,Bernie Federko 12 (Blair Chapman, Brian Sutter), 11:16
STL,Blair Chapman 11 (Mike Zuke, Bernie Federko), 13:41 - PP
Penalties:

1: Mike Zuke, STL [Hooking] 14:27
Willie Huber, DET [Tripping] 15:46
2: Blake Dunlop, STL [Tripping] 5:07
Bernie Federko, STL [Slashing] 13:09
Bryan Maxwell, STL [Roughing, Fighting] 16:51
Glenn Hicks, DET [Slashing, Fighting] 16:51
Pete Mahovlich, DET [Slashing, Fighting] 19:07
Wayne Babych, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 19:07
3: Bernie Federko, STL [Tripping] 7:56
Barry Long, DET [Interference] 13:15
Penalty time: STL: 22 minutes DET: 18 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Liut 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 4 D 0 0 0 7 1 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Perry Turnbull 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 0 0 7 -1 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 1 2 0 1 5
Joe Micheletti 12 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Blair Chapman 14 RW 1 1 2 0 1 5
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Kea 17 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Lapointe 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Dunlop 19 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Mike Zuke 21 C 0 1 1 2 0 1
Hartland Monahan 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Federko 24 C 1 2 3 4 1 2
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Crombeen 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ralph Klassen 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)025
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)025

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Long 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pete Mahovlich 11 C 0 0 0 7 0 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dennis Sobchuk 14 C 1 1 2 0 1 1
Paul Woods 15 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mike Foligno 17 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Hogaboam 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Hicks 23 LW 0 0 0 7 0 1
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Korn 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Reed Larson 28 D 0 1 1 0 0 5
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)029
Shots: STL: 8- 6-11-25 DET: 7-11-11-29 Goalies: STL: Mike Liut (W, 10-10-4) DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 6-11-4) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Claude Bechard Attendance: 19,742



Team123F
Quebec Nordiques (14-16-5) 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles Kings (16-12-6) 0 2 1 3

1: no scoring
2: LA ,Dave Taylor 23 (Butch Goring, Doug Halward), :34 - PP
LA ,Charlie Simmer 33 (Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor), 18:43
3: LA ,Charlie Simmer 34 (Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor), 12:19
Penalties:

1: Rob Palmer, LA [Tripping] 8:52
Serge Bernier, QUE [Hooking] 9:55
Dave Taylor, LA [Tripping] 12:16
Garry Lariviere, QUE [Hooking] 19:32
2: none
3: Glenn Goldup, LA [Hi-sticking] 7:27
Robbie Ftorek, QUE [Hi-sticking] 7:27
Penalty time: QUE: 6 minutes LA : 6 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Paul Baxter 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Lariviere 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Gerry Hart 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Robbie Ftorek 7 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Marc Tardif 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Real Cloutier 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Rich Leduc 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jamie Hislop 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Fitchner 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Pierre Plante 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Michel Goulet 16 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Serge Bernier 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Reg Thomas 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 6
Barry Legge 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Pierre Lacroix 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Michel Dion 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 33 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1026
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1026

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Halward 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Carlson 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 2 0 2 0 2 6
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andre St. Laurent 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 2 2 0 2 6
John Paul Kelly 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Taylor 18 RW 1 2 3 2 2 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Brad Selwood 20 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Gibbs 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ron Grahame 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1029
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1029
Shots: QUE: 11- 5-10-26 LA : 12-12- 5-29 Goalies: QUE: Michel Dion (L, 10-7-3) LA : Ron Grahame (W, 7-4-3) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Mike Noeth Attendance: 9,978



Team123F
New York Islanders (13-14-6) 1 3 3 7
Montreal Canadiens (17-14-6) 1 0 2 3

1: MTL,Guy Lafleur 28 (Guy Lapointe, Michel Larocque), 3:05
NYI,Garry Howatt 4 (Steve Tambellini, Bob Nystrom), 18:36
2: NYI,Mike Bossy 18 (Clark Gillies), :25 - PP
NYI,Mike Bossy 19 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 3:33
NYI,Clark Gillies 9 (Steve Tambellini), 18:38
3: MTL,Steve Shutt 19 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur), :11 - PP
NYI,Mike Bossy 20, 4:49
NYI,Anders Kallur 8 (Bob Bourne, Billy Harris), 6:53
NYI,Bob Nystrom 7 (Wayne Merrick), 13:41
MTL,Pierre Larouche 27 (Yvon Lambert, Mark Napier), 19:53 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 7:33
Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 8:49
Stefan Persson, NYI [Hi-sticking] 8:49
Larry Robinson, MTL [Interference] 19:32
2: John Tonelli, NYI [Tripping] 6:30
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Interference] 11:11
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 12:31
Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 12:31
Gord Lane, NYI [Tripping] 15:17
Dave Langevin, NYI [Tripping] 19:17
3: Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 16:37
Steve Shutt, MTL [Roughing] 16:37
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes MTL: 10 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Potvin 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 2 3 0
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Garry Howatt 8 LW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Clark Gillies 9 LW 1 2 3 0 3 3
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Steve Tambellini 16 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 1 1 4 2 2
Mike Bossy 22 RW 3 0 3 0 3 7
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Gord Lane 24 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 2 3 0
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Anders Kallur 28 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2524
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2524

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 2 2 0 -3 10
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 5
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 1 1 2 -2 1
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Rod Langway 17 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 2 -2 5
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Steve Shutt 22 LW 1 0 1 2 -1 3
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Pierre Larouche 28 C 1 0 1 0 -1 7
Mark Napier 31 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2546
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2546
Shots: NYI: 5-11- 8-24 MTL: 15- 9-22-46 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 6-6-2) MTL: Michel Larocque (L, 8-11-3) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Ron Finn, Willard Norris Attendance: 17,235



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