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Sunday, October 8, 1972 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Flames 3 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 82OVR Jim Lorentz Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG R 93OVR Rene Robert Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG C 91OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:38 Bobby Leiter (2) Lew Morrison (2), Keith McCreary (1) AFM 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 13:24 Jim Lorentz (1) Unassisted AFM 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 18:33 Jim Lorentz (2) PPG Steve Atkinson (1), Rick Martin (1) AFM 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:26 Billy MacMillan (1) PPG Jacques Richard (1), Ernie Hicke (2) AFM 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:04 Craig Ramsay (1) Tim Horton (1), Jim Lorentz (1) AFM 2 – 3 BUF
  3. 19:14 Keith McCreary (1) PPG Lew Morrison (3), Randy Manery (1) AFM 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:29 Rene Robert (1) Gilbert Perreault (1), Tim Horton (2) AFM 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 6:58 Gilbert Perreault (1) PPG Larry Hillman (1), Rene Robert (1) AFM 3 – 5 BUF

Atlanta Flames

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Keith McCreary R 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Lew Morrison R 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.48
Bobby Leiter C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Billy MacMillan R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Ernie Hicke L 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Jacques Richard L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Randy Manery D 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Noel Price D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Morris Stefaniw C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Norm Gratton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kerry Ketter D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Larry Romanchych R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bill Plager D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Rey Comeau C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ron Harris D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Pat Quinn D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Bob Paradise D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dan Bouchard L 36 31 5 .861 60:00 -0.65

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jim Lorentz C 2 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 2.58
Rene Robert R 1 1 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.98
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Tim Horton D 0 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Craig Ramsay L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Rick Martin L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Steve Atkinson R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Larry Hillman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
Randy Wyrozub C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Paul Terbenche D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Rick Dudley L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Carriere D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Mickey R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier W 27 24 3 .889 60:00 0.15