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Thursday, November 18, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Golden Seals 7 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 62OVR Joey Johnston Golden Seals First Star 2G · 1A · 9 SOG RC L 95OVR Rick Martin Sabres Second Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG RC L 83OVR Gerry Pinder Golden Seals Third Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:23 Ernie Hicke (4) Gerry Pinder (10) CGS 1 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:19 Joey Johnston (4) Wayne Carleton (5), Paul Shmyr (3) CGS 2 – 0 BUF
  2. 2:56 Rick Martin (13) Doug Barrie (3) CGS 2 – 1 BUF
  3. 7:02 Chris Evans (1) PPG Rick Martin (11), Mike Robitaille (3) CGS 2 – 2 BUF
  4. 11:17 Bobby Sheehan (12) Stan Gilbertson (4), Walt McKechnie (11) CGS 3 – 2 BUF
  5. 13:44 Gerry Pinder (8) PPG Carol Vadnais (5), Paul Shmyr (4) CGS 4 – 2 BUF
  6. 16:16 Gilbert Perreault (8) Phil Goyette (9), Mike Robitaille (4) CGS 4 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:32 Kevin O'Shea (4) Gilbert Perreault (14), Rick Martin (12) CGS 4 – 4 BUF
  2. 4:38 Ivan Boldirev (1) PPG Gerry Pinder (11), Ernie Hicke (6) CGS 5 – 4 BUF
  3. 9:56 Jim Watson (1) PPG Gerry Meehan (10), Eddie Shack (5) CGS 5 – 5 BUF
  4. 18:28 Joey Johnston (5) Craig Patrick (1), Carol Vadnais (6) CGS 6 – 5 BUF
  5. 19:07 Craig Patrick (3) Joey Johnston (3) CGS 7 – 5 BUF

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Joey Johnston L 2 1 9 0 0 +1 0:00 2.95
Gerry Pinder L 1 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.93
Carol Vadnais D 0 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 1.93
Craig Patrick R 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Ernie Hicke L 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Bobby Sheehan C 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Ivan Boldirev C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Stan Gilbertson L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Paul Shmyr D 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.80
Wayne Carleton L 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Bert Marshall D 0 0 1 0 0 +4 0:00 0.68
Tommy Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Norm Ferguson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Marshall Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dick Redmond D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Gary Croteau R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Lyle Carter — 16 14 2 .875 36:08 -0.10
Gilles Meloche W 15 12 3 .800 23:52 -1.05

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rick Martin L 1 2 5 0 0 -1 0:00 2.23
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.53
Mike Robitaille D 0 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.33
Kevin O'Shea R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Phil Goyette C 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Gerry Meehan C 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Eddie Shack L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Jim Watson D 1 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.45
Doug Barrie D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.10
Dick Duff L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Anderson R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Chris Evans D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Rod Zaine C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Al Hamilton D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier L 37 31 6 .838 59:47 -1.40