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Tuesday, December 22, 1970 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 7 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 94OVR Dave Balon Rangers First Star 3G · 2A · 3 SOG C 92OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers Second Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG G 95OVR Ed Giacomin Rangers Third Star 37 SV · .949

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:25 Bob Nevin (10) Dave Balon (7), Pete Stemkowski (15) NYR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 18:17 Phil Goyette (3) PPG Donnie Marshall (3), Eddie Shack (4) NYR 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:03 Jack Egers (6) Jean Ratelle (19), Rod Gilbert (15) NYR 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 10:18 Dave Balon (15) PPG Walt Tkaczuk (18), Brad Park (13) NYR 3 – 1 BUF
  3. 19:31 Walt Tkaczuk (8) Rod Seiling (9), Dave Balon (8) NYR 4 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 3:28 Eddie Shack (6) PPG Donnie Marshall (4) NYR 4 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:50 Dave Balon (16) Arnie Brown (9) NYR 5 – 2 BUF
  3. 11:18 Rod Gilbert (8) Jack Egers (7) NYR 6 – 2 BUF
  4. 12:30 Dave Balon (17) Walt Tkaczuk (19), Rod Seiling (10) NYR 7 – 2 BUF

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Balon L 3 2 3 0 0 +4 0:00 4.33
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.53
Rod Gilbert R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Jack Egers R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Rod Seiling D 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Brad Park D 0 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 1.23
Bob Nevin R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Arnie Brown D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Pete Stemkowski C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Jean Ratelle C 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.78
Bill Fairbairn R 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Jim Neilson D 0 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Tim Horton D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Syl Apps C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jim Krulicki L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ted Irvine L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 -0.60
Ron Stewart R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin W 39 37 2 .949 60:00 2.20

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eddie Shack L 1 1 9 0 0 -2 0:00 1.60
Donnie Marshall L 0 2 1 0 0 -4 0:00 0.73
Phil Goyette C 1 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.45
Skip Krake C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Paul Andrea R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Larry Keenan L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Al Hamilton D 0 0 5 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.07
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dick Duff L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Watson D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Ron Anderson R 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Floyd Smith R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.60
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.83
Doug Barrie D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.83
Reg Fleming D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier L 36 29 7 .806 60:00 -2.35