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Sunday, January 2, 1972 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Golden Seals 4 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 93OVR Rick Martin Sabres First Star 3G · 3 SOG RC D 53OVR Carol Vadnais Bruins Second Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 79OVR Gerry Pinder Golden Seals Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:03 Stan Gilbertson (8) Norm Ferguson (11) CGS 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 2:03 Rick Martin (26) PPG Gilbert Perreault (29), Mike Byers (7) CGS 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 7:00 Rick Martin (27) Unassisted CGS 1 – 2 BUF
  4. 8:43 Dick Redmond (4) PPG Carol Vadnais (12), Gerry Pinder (18) CGS 2 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:26 Gerry Pinder (14) PPG Ivan Boldirev (13), Carol Vadnais (13) CGS 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 9:01 Carol Vadnais (5) Walt McKechnie (15), Norm Ferguson (12) CGS 4 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 3:16 Randy Wyrozub (1) Larry Hillman (4) CGS 4 – 3 BUF
  2. 12:19 Rick Martin (28) Unassisted CGS 4 – 4 BUF

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Carol Vadnais D 1 2 5 0 2.38
Gerry Pinder L 1 1 4 0 1.68
Norm Ferguson R 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Stan Gilbertson L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Dick Redmond D 1 0 6 -1 1.05
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Ivan Boldirev C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tommy Williams R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Marshall Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Wayne Carleton L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Craig Patrick R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Gary Croteau R 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Ernie Hicke L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Joey Johnston L 0 0 3 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche T 23 19 4 .826 60:00 -1.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 3 0 3 +1 2.48
Randy Wyrozub C 1 0 4 0 1.05
Larry Hillman D 0 1 6 -1 0.93
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Mike Byers R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Al Hamilton D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Ray Mckay D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Danny Lawson R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Eddie Shack L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Chris Evans D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier T 31 27 4 .871 60:00 -0.30