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Wednesday, December 1, 1971 · Madison Square Garden

Sabres 2 at Rangers 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Rod Gilbert Rangers First Star 2G · 2A · 5 SOG C 99OVR Jean Ratelle Rangers Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG L 98OVR Vic Hadfield Rangers Third Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:46 Walt Tkaczuk (5) Unassisted BUF 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 13:03 Gene Carr (6) Walt Tkaczuk (12), Bill Fairbairn (7) BUF 0 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 14:44 Rod Gilbert (14) Jean Ratelle (22) BUF 0 – 3 NYR
  2. 15:54 Gilbert Perreault (11) PPG Rick Martin (14), Phil Goyette (14) BUF 1 – 3 NYR
  3. 18:15 Rod Gilbert (15) Vic Hadfield (20), Gary Doak (2) BUF 1 – 4 NYR
  4. 18:39 Ted Irvine (5) Brad Park (16), Bobby Rousseau (14) BUF 1 – 5 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 6:25 Rick Martin (18) PPG Phil Goyette (15), Gilbert Perreault (21) BUF 2 – 5 NYR
  2. 9:34 Jean Ratelle (15) Vic Hadfield (21), Rod Gilbert (20) BUF 2 – 6 NYR
  3. 14:36 Vic Hadfield (18) Rod Gilbert (21), Jean Ratelle (23) BUF 2 – 7 NYR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Goyette C 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 5 0 0 -4 0:00 1.15
Rick Martin L 1 1 4 0 0 -4 0:00 1.08
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Eddie Shack L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Butch Deadmarsh L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Paul Terbenche D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Al Hamilton D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.38
Terry Ball D 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.60
Chris Evans D 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier L 42 35 7 .833 60:00 -1.75

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rod Gilbert R 2 2 5 0 0 +4 0:00 3.73
Jean Ratelle C 1 2 3 0 0 +4 0:00 2.83
Vic Hadfield L 1 2 2 0 0 +4 0:00 2.75
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Gene Carr C 1 0 8 0 0 +2 0:00 1.65
Brad Park D 0 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 1.45
Ted Irvine L 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Gary Doak D 0 1 1 0 0 +4 0:00 1.00
Bill Fairbairn R 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Bobby Rousseau R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Rod Seiling D 0 0 3 0 0 +4 0:00 0.83
Dale Rolfe D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Bruce MacGregor C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Jim Neilson D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Ab DeMarco D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Glen Sather L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jim Lorentz C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Villemure W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90