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Monday, January 5, 1976 · Montreal Forum

Sabres 4 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 92OVR Rick Martin Sabres First Star 3G · 8 SOG C 50OVR Doug Jarvis Canadiens Second Star 2A · 1 SOG RC L 55OVR Jacques Richard Sabres Third Star 1G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:49 Rick Martin (26) Peter McNab (20), Brian Spencer (13) BUF 1 – 0 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 4:02 Jacques Richard (9) Gilbert Perreault (28) BUF 2 – 0 MTL
  2. 17:33 Steve Shutt (20) Guy Lapointe (21), Doug Jarvis (10) BUF 2 – 1 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 1:52 Bob Gainey (7) SHG Doug Jarvis (11) BUF 2 – 2 MTL
  2. 3:59 Rick Martin (27) PPG Craig Ramsay (25), Fred Stanfield (7) BUF 3 – 2 MTL
  3. 12:55 Rick Martin (28) Peter McNab (21), Bill Hajt (9) BUF 4 – 2 MTL

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 3 0 8 +1 3.00
Jacques Richard L 1 0 6 +1 1.35
Peter McNab C 0 2 1 0 1.18
Fred Stanfield L 0 1 3 0 0.85
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Brian Spencer L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Bill Hajt D 0 1 1 +2 0.70
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 5 +1 0.38
Danny Gare R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Rene Robert R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jim Lorentz C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Terry Martin L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Paul McIntosh D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 0 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins W 26 24 2 .923 59:38 0.90

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Doug Jarvis C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Guy Lapointe D 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Steve Shutt L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Bob Gainey L 1 0 4 0 1.05
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Yvan Cournoyer R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Peter Mahovlich C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Serge Savard D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Guy Lafleur R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Jimmy Roberts R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Larry Robinson D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Murray Wilson L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Don Awrey D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 1 -1 -0.52
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 1 -1 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ken Dryden L 35 31 4 .886 60:00 0.10