🏝️ Away Islanders 20-18-0 before this game

2–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	2
BUF	0	0	0	3

Islanders at Sabres

Sabres beat Islanders 3–2 at KeyBank Center on January 9, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Richie Dunn

1 G, 1 A

6 shots

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Rick Martin

1 G

2 shots · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Craig Ramsay

1 G

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

22 Shots on goal 29

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

12 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 9.1% (2/22) BUF shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:13 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Don Edwards

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 27-13 (68% win rate, 40 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 27-13 (68% win rate, 40 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Oct 13, 1979

⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI

5–2 · Sabres won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on January 9, 1980?

Sabres won 3–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 2, Sabres 3.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Don Edwards made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Jan 8

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 6

Also on January 9, 1980

Islanders season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule