Thursday, December 27, 1973 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Red Wings 1 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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8:03
Rick Martin (22) Gilbert Perreault (7) DET 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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15:53
Gilbert Perreault (4) Rene Robert (23) DET 0 – 2 BUF
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19:56
Rick Martin (23) Don Luce (17) DET 0 – 3 BUF
3rd Period
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13:00
Nelson Debenedet (3) Guy Charron (16), Nick Libett (11) DET 1 – 3 BUF
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Libett L | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Nelson Debenedet L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.98 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.55 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Ted Harris D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Thommie Bergman D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Mickey Redmond R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Doug Roberts R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Henry Boucha C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Red Berenson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bill Hogaboam C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Ron Stackhouse D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Larry Johnston D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.45 |
| Brent Hughes D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McKenzie | L | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 60:00 | 1.45 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Martin L | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.33 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.13 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.15 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.53 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Steve Atkinson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Mike Robitaille D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Tim Horton D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Doug Rombough C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Peter McNab C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Paul Terbenche D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Larry Carriere D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Norm Gratton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dryden | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 | 1.65 |