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Saturday, February 20, 1971 · Detroit Olympia

Sabres 5 at Red Wings 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 93OVR Gordie Howe Red Wings First Star 1G · 3A · 6 SOG R 81OVR Tom Webster Red Wings Second Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG RC C 91OVR Gerry Meehan Sabres Third Star 3G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 15:26 Gerry Meehan (13) Doug Barrie (13), Gilbert Perreault (25) BUF 1 – 0 DET
  2. 18:41 Nick Libett (12) PPG Alex Delvecchio (32), Gordie Howe (22) BUF 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 4:18 Ron Harris (2) SHG Rene Leclerc (5), Bill Collins (9) BUF 1 – 2 DET
  2. 5:04 Gerry Meehan (14) PPG Dick Duff (11), Jim Watson (8) BUF 2 – 2 DET
  3. 6:14 Donnie Marshall (17) Phil Goyette (34) BUF 3 – 2 DET
  4. 8:44 Tom Webster (23) Gordie Howe (23), Alex Delvecchio (33) BUF 3 – 3 DET
  5. 12:45 Tom Webster (24) Gordie Howe (24) BUF 3 – 4 DET
  6. 15:42 Ron Anderson (11) Phil Goyette (35), Donnie Marshall (20) BUF 4 – 4 DET
  7. 19:08 Gerry Meehan (15) Doug Barrie (14), Dick Duff (12) BUF 5 – 4 DET

3rd Period

  1. 15:53 Gordie Howe (21) Tom Webster (29), Bill Collins (10) BUF 5 – 5 DET
  2. 19:14 Red Berenson (18) Tim Ecclestone (26), Nick Libett (11) BUF 5 – 6 DET

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gerry Meehan C 3 0 6 0 0 -1 0:00 2.55
Donnie Marshall L 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Doug Barrie D 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Phil Goyette C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Dick Duff L 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0:00 1.10
Ron Anderson R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Jim Watson D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Skip Krake C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Floyd Smith R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Reg Fleming D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Eddie Shack L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Paul Andrea R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Al Hamilton D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Larry Keenan L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier L 51 45 6 .882 59:37 0.00

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gordie Howe R 1 3 6 0 0 +1 0:00 3.23
Tom Webster R 2 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.73
Bill Collins R 0 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.85
Nick Libett L 1 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.75
Alex Delvecchio C 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.48
Red Berenson C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Ron Harris D 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Rene Leclerc R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Tim Ecclestone L 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.60
Arnie Brown D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.37
Guy Charron C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Don Luce C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Hank Monteith L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gary Bergman D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Serge Lajeunesse D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Tom Miller C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Gerry Hart D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford — 20 15 5 .750 39:40 -2.25
Roy Edwards W 5 5 0 1.000 20:00 0.50