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Thursday, December 23, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Bruins 4 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 86OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 2G · 2A · 6 SOG R 95OVR Ken Hodge Bruins Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 95OVR Rick Martin Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:48 Derek Sanderson (5) Dallas Smith (9), Reggie Leach (9) BOS 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 11:21 Rick Martin (22) PPG Eddie Shack (9), Gilbert Perreault (25) BOS 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:47 Reggie Leach (6) Derek Sanderson (13) BOS 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 2:04 Phil Esposito (26) Ken Hodge (21), Eddie Johnston (1) BOS 3 – 1 BUF
  3. 11:42 Gilbert Perreault (15) Rick Martin (17), Chris Evans (11) BOS 3 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:19 Gilbert Perreault (16) PPG Jim Watson (2) BOS 3 – 3 BUF
  2. 4:34 Mike Byers (7) PPG Gilbert Perreault (26) BOS 3 – 4 BUF
  3. 5:34 Ken Hodge (9) Phil Esposito (32), Bobby Orr (32) BOS 4 – 4 BUF

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ken Hodge R 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Derek Sanderson C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.83
Reggie Leach R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Phil Esposito C 1 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 1.67
Bobby Orr D 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Dallas Smith D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Mike Walton C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
John McKenzie R 0 0 7 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Ted Green D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Rick Smith D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Matt Ravlich D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston T 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilbert Perreault C 2 2 6 0 0 0 0:00 3.20
Rick Martin L 1 1 6 0 0 0 0:00 1.83
Mike Byers R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Jim Watson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Eddie Shack L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Chris Evans D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Ron Anderson R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Al Hamilton D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ray Mckay D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Phil Goyette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Larry Hillman D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Dryden T 39 35 4 .897 60:00 0.50