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Thursday, January 21, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 5 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 86OVR Rod Gilbert Rangers First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG C 95OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers Second Star 2G · 9 SOG C 96OVR Jean Ratelle Rangers Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:23 Walt Tkaczuk (14) Jim Neilson (12), Bill Fairbairn (15) NYR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 18:02 Gilbert Perreault (18) Eddie Shack (11), Al Hamilton (9) NYR 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 8:29 Walt Tkaczuk (15) Mike Robitaille (1), Dave Balon (13) NYR 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:58 Jean Ratelle (21) PPG Vic Hadfield (12), Rod Gilbert (19) NYR 3 – 1 BUF
  3. 14:13 Steve Atkinson (8) Gerry Meehan (16), Dick Duff (8) NYR 3 – 2 BUF
  4. 19:18 Phil Goyette (9) PPG Paul Andrea (10), Donnie Marshall (12) NYR 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:38 Gilbert Perreault (19) PPG Donnie Marshall (13), Phil Goyette (18) NYR 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 8:06 Rod Gilbert (15) Jim Neilson (13), Jean Ratelle (29) NYR 4 – 4 BUF
  3. 8:34 Doug Barrie (3) Gerry Meehan (17) NYR 4 – 5 BUF
  4. 17:24 Rod Gilbert (16) Vic Hadfield (13), Jean Ratelle (30) NYR 5 – 5 BUF

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rod Gilbert R 2 1 5 +1 2.65
Walt Tkaczuk C 2 0 9 +2 2.48
Jean Ratelle C 1 2 3 +1 2.38
Vic Hadfield L 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Jim Neilson D 0 2 2 +1 1.40
Bill Fairbairn R 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Dave Balon L 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Mike Robitaille D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Brad Park D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Rod Seiling D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Ron Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jack Egers R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Krulicki L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ted Irvine L 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Arnie Brown D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Bob Nevin R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Tim Horton D 0 0 0 -1 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Villemure T 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gilbert Perreault C 2 0 4 0 1.80
Gerry Meehan C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Phil Goyette C 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Donnie Marshall L 0 2 0 -1 1.10
Steve Atkinson R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Doug Barrie D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Dick Duff L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Paul Andrea R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Eddie Shack L 0 1 6 0 0.77
Al Hamilton D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Skip Krake C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Anderson R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Floyd Smith R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Reg Fleming D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier T 32 27 5 .844 60:00 -1.05