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Wednesday, March 31, 1971 · Civic Arena

Sabres 6 at Penguins 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 90OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG RC L 73OVR Eddie Shack Sabres Second Star 3G · 3 SOG R 95OVR Steve Atkinson Sabres Third Star 2A · 1 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:22 Floyd Smith (5) Reg Fleming (9), Skip Krake (5) BUF 1 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 3:17 Gerry Meehan (23) Doug Barrie (22), Steve Atkinson (16) BUF 2 – 0 PIT
  2. 7:44 Eddie Shack (25) Gilbert Perreault (32), Doug Barrie (23) BUF 3 – 0 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 1:49 Gilbert Perreault (37) Steve Atkinson (17) BUF 4 – 0 PIT
  2. 2:10 Andy Bathgate (15) Ron Schock (25), Dunc McCallum (19) BUF 4 – 1 PIT
  3. 5:26 Eddie Shack (26) Gilbert Perreault (33), Donnie Marshall (29) BUF 5 – 1 PIT
  4. 8:30 Rod Zaine (8) PPG Ken Schinkel (18), Duane Rupp (28) BUF 5 – 2 PIT
  5. 10:26 Eddie Shack (27) PPG Gerry Meehan (30) BUF 6 – 2 PIT
  6. 11:28 Syl Apps (9) Jean Pronovost (24), Keith McCreary (12) BUF 6 – 3 PIT
  7. 13:38 Dean Prentice (21) Bob Woytowich (22) BUF 6 – 4 PIT

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gilbert Perreault C 1 2 5 +3 2.83
Eddie Shack L 3 0 3 +2 2.78
Steve Atkinson R 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Gerry Meehan C 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Doug Barrie D 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Floyd Smith R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Reg Fleming D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Donnie Marshall L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Skip Krake C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Larry Keenan L 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Al Hamilton D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Jim Watson D 0 0 4 +1 0.15
Dick Duff L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Joe Daley W 41 37 4 .902 60:00 0.70

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andy Bathgate R 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Dean Prentice L 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Ron Schock C 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Bob Woytowich D 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Syl Apps C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Jean Pronovost R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Dunc McCallum D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Duane Rupp D 0 1 4 0 0.78
Ken Schinkel R 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Keith McCreary R 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Rod Zaine C 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Jim Morrison D 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nick Harbaruk R 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Bryan Hextall C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
John Stewart L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Bob Blackburn D 0 0 2 -4 -0.45
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cam Newton L 24 18 6 .750 60:00 -2.70