NHL game summary from April 29, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (47-30-13) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (54-19-16) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BUF, | Rick Dudley 3 (Craig Ramsay), 5:23 |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 6, 13:09 - SH | |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 4, 17:42 | |
| 2: | NYI, | John Tonelli 5 (Dave Langevin, Wayne Merrick), 9:56 |
| 3: | NYI, | John Tonelli 6 (Duane Sutter), 11:10 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 5:44 |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Spearing major] 8:39 | |
| 2: | Lorne Henning, NYI [Hooking] 12:44 |
| Rick Martin, BUF [Hi-sticking] 13:27 | |
| 3: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hooking] 16:03 |
| John Van Boxmeer, BUF [Tripping] 17:58 |
Penalty time: NYI: 9 minutes
BUF: 6 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Butch Goring | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 29 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Dunn | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| John Van Boxmeer | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony McKegney | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick Dudley | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rob McClanahan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Smith | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Ramsey | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Mongrain | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Playfair | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 9-11- 9-29
BUF: 14-10- 8-32
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 8-1-0)
BUF: Don Edwards (L, 3-2-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 16,433
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