NHL game summary from May 8, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (49-32-13) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (56-21-16) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BUF, | John Van Boxmeer 3 (Rick Martin, Danny Gare), 1:52 - PP |
| 2: | BUF, | Richie Dunn 2 (Ric Seiling, John Van Boxmeer), 14:45 - PP |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Tonelli, NYI [Roughing] 1:18 |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Holding] 3:22 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Fighting] 5:02 | |
| Lindy Ruff, BUF [Fighting] 5:02 | |
| Mike Ramsey, BUF [Interference] 7:01 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Fighting] 12:22 | |
| Rick Dudley, BUF [Fighting] 12:22 | |
| Bob Mongrain, BUF [Hooking] 14:45 | |
| 2: | Gord Lane, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:56 |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking] 5:56 | |
| Lindy Ruff, BUF [Charging] 11:16 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Charging] 11:16 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 11:16 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Roughing] 11:16 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Elbowing] 14:28 | |
| 3: | Larry Playfair, BUF [Holding] 1:06 |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 7:38 | |
| Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Hooking] 17:17 |
Penalty time: NYI: 24 minutes
BUF: 24 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Dunn | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Van Boxmeer | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony McKegney | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Dudley | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Savard | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob McClanahan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lindy Ruff | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Ramsey | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mongrain | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Playfair | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Sauve | 28 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 15 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 10- 5- 7-22
BUF: 6- 5- 4-15
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 0-2-0)
BUF: Bob Sauve (W, 6-1-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ryan Bozak
Attendance: 16,433
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