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Friday, December 31, 1971 · Civic Arena

Sabres 3 at Penguins 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 91OVR Syl Apps Penguins First Star 2A · 3 SOG R 95OVR Jean Pronovost Penguins Second Star 1G · 5 SOG C 58OVR Bobby Leiter Penguins Third Star 1G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:31 Bryan Hextall (10) PPG Rene Robert (10), Syl Apps (18) BUF 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 9:25 Rick Martin (25) Unassisted BUF 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 13:51 Chris Evans (5) Kevin O'Shea (8), Eddie Shack (12) BUF 2 – 1 PIT

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 2:55 Gilbert Perreault (18) PPG Unassisted BUF 3 – 1 PIT
  2. 5:59 Jean Pronovost (11) Greg Polis (15), Syl Apps (19) BUF 3 – 2 PIT
  3. 9:16 Bobby Leiter (11) Nick Harbaruk (6), Ron Schock (13) BUF 3 – 3 PIT

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Eddie Shack L 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Rick Martin L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Chris Evans D 1 0 3 -1 0.68
Kevin O'Shea R 0 1 1 +1 0.55
Jim Watson D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Randy Wyrozub C 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Al Hamilton D 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Larry Hillman D 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Byers R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ray Mckay D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier T 37 34 3 .919 60:00 1.15

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Syl Apps C 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Jean Pronovost R 1 0 5 +1 1.28
Bobby Leiter C 1 0 6 0 1.20
Bryan Hextall C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Ron Schock C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Greg Polis R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Nick Harbaruk R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Rene Robert R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Dave Burrows D 0 0 3 +2 0.52
Bryan Watson D 0 0 1 +2 0.23
Val Fonteyne L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Woytowich D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ken Schinkel R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
John Stewart L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Tim Horton D 0 0 3 -2 -0.23
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roy Edwards T 32 29 3 .906 60:00 0.65