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Tuesday, March 23, 1971 · Madison Square Garden

Sabres 2 at Rangers 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 92OVR Jim Neilson Rangers First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 81OVR Vic Hadfield Rangers Second Star 2G · 8 SOG R 86OVR Rod Gilbert Rangers Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:29 Bruce MacGregor (16) Jim Neilson (21), Pete Stemkowski (28) BUF 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 15:25 Bob Nevin (19) Dave Balon (23), Walt Tkaczuk (44) BUF 0 – 2 NYR
  3. 17:03 Phil Goyette (13) Kevin O'Shea (4), Donnie Marshall (25) BUF 1 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 17:15 Jim Neilson (8) Walt Tkaczuk (45) BUF 1 – 3 NYR
  2. 18:05 Ted Irvine (19) Tim Horton (16) BUF 1 – 4 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 2:51 Vic Hadfield (18) Jean Ratelle (41), Rod Gilbert (28) BUF 1 – 5 NYR
  2. 10:14 Steve Atkinson (18) Larry Keenan (20), Doug Barrie (20) BUF 2 – 5 NYR
  3. 12:16 Vic Hadfield (19) Rod Gilbert (29), Jean Ratelle (42) BUF 2 – 6 NYR
  4. 19:30 Glen Sather (9) Jim Neilson (22), Rod Seiling (19) BUF 2 – 7 NYR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Steve Atkinson R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Larry Keenan L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Doug Barrie D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Phil Goyette C 1 0 4 0 0 -3 0:00 0.60
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Kevin O'Shea R 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.25
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dick Duff L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Skip Krake C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Eddie Shack L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Floyd Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Reg Fleming D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Al Hamilton D 0 0 4 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.30
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Dryden L 50 43 7 .860 60:00 -0.95

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jim Neilson D 1 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.53
Vic Hadfield L 2 0 8 0 0 +2 0:00 2.25
Rod Gilbert R 0 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.78
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Jean Ratelle C 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Tim Horton D 0 1 3 0 0 +4 0:00 1.45
Bob Nevin R 1 0 5 0 0 +2 0:00 1.43
Ted Irvine L 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Rod Seiling D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.15
Bruce MacGregor C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Glen Sather L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Dave Balon L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Pete Stemkowski C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Dale Rolfe D 0 0 1 0 0 +4 0:00 0.68
Bill Fairbairn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brad Park D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Larry Brown D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Villemure W 23 21 2 .913 60:00 0.60