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Sunday, December 19, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canucks 1 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 86OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG G 56OVR Dave Dryden Sabres Second Star 35 SV · .972 R 59OVR Mike Byers Sabres Third Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:48 Mike Byers (5) Rick Martin (16) VAN 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 9:30 Rick Martin (21) Gilbert Perreault (23), Mike Byers (6) VAN 0 – 2 BUF
  2. 15:16 Mike Byers (6) PPG Eddie Shack (8), Gilbert Perreault (24) VAN 0 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 11:40 Dave Balon (10) Dale Tallon (11) VAN 1 – 3 BUF
  2. 14:24 Gilbert Perreault (14) Unassisted VAN 1 – 4 BUF
  3. 14:54 Steve Atkinson (4) Gerry Meehan (14), Craig Ramsay (5) VAN 1 – 5 BUF

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Balon L 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.90
Dale Tallon D 0 1 7 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Andre Boudrias L 0 0 7 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Bobby Schmautz R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Ron Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Ward C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Murray Hall R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Gregg Boddy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.07
Fred Speck C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Wayne Maki L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
John Schella D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ted Taylor L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Pat Quinn D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Dyck L 28 24 4 .857 40:00 -0.60
George Gardner — 7 6 1 .857 20:00 -0.15

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilbert Perreault C 1 2 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.75
Mike Byers R 2 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.50
Rick Martin L 1 1 7 0 0 +3 0:00 2.35
Steve Atkinson R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Gerry Meehan C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Eddie Shack L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Larry Hillman D 0 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.60
Chris Evans D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Danny Lawson R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Al Hamilton D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Phil Goyette C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.00
Ray Mckay D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Dryden W 36 35 1 .972 60:00 2.75