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Wednesday, December 29, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Red Wings 7 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 93OVR Mickey Redmond Red Wings First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG C 86OVR Alex Delvecchio Red Wings Second Star 3A · 0 SOG C 95OVR Marcel Dionne Red Wings Third Star 2A · 5 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:39 Larry Johnston (1) Bill Collins (10), Marcel Dionne (17) DET 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:22 Bill Collins (9) Marcel Dionne (18) DET 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 6:44 Tim Ecclestone (8) Red Berenson (21) DET 3 – 0 BUF
  4. 8:42 Kevin O'Shea (6) Phil Goyette (21), Eddie Shack (10) DET 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 4:52 Mike Byers (10) PPG Gilbert Perreault (28), Eddie Shack (11) DET 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 5:46 Steve Atkinson (5) Jim Watson (4), Al Hamilton (13) DET 3 – 3 BUF
  3. 6:01 Guy Charron (2) Danny Johnson (5), Ron Harris (6) DET 4 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:05 Mickey Redmond (15) Alex Delvecchio (15) DET 5 – 3 BUF
  2. 2:34 Al Karlander (8) Alex Delvecchio (16), Mickey Redmond (16) DET 6 – 3 BUF
  3. 12:09 Mickey Redmond (16) Alex Delvecchio (17) DET 7 – 3 BUF

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mickey Redmond R 2 1 4 +2 2.73
Alex Delvecchio C 0 3 0 +2 2.18
Marcel Dionne C 0 2 5 +2 1.93
Bill Collins R 1 1 2 +2 1.68
Al Karlander C 1 0 5 +1 1.28
Arnie Brown D 0 0 6 +5 1.20
Tim Ecclestone L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Guy Charron C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Danny Johnson C 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Larry Johnston D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Ron Harris D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Ron Stackhouse D 0 0 0 +5 0.75
Red Berenson C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Leon Rochefort R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Doug Volmar R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary Bergman D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Joe Daley W 32 29 3 .906 60:00 0.65

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Eddie Shack L 0 2 5 -2 1.33
Steve Atkinson R 1 0 6 0 1.20
Kevin O'Shea R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Al Hamilton D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Jim Watson D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Mike Byers R 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Phil Goyette C 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ray Mckay D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Rick Martin L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Ron Anderson R 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Larry Hillman D 0 0 4 -5 -0.45
Chris Evans D 0 0 2 -5 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Dryden L 34 27 7 .794 60:00 -2.55