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Thursday, January 8, 1976 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canucks 5 at Sabres 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 92OVR Rick Martin Sabres First Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG C 96OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Second Star 3G · 3 SOG L 55OVR Jacques Richard Sabres Third Star 3A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:02 Rick Martin (29) PPG Jocelyn Guevremont (17) VAN 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 15:35 Gilbert Perreault (20) PPG Rick Martin (15), Jocelyn Guevremont (18) VAN 0 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 18:34 Dennis Ververgaert (20) Dennis Kearns (23), Don Lever (18) VAN 1 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:21 Rene Robert (14) Jacques Richard (12) VAN 1 – 3 BUF
  2. 0:45 Gilbert Perreault (21) Jacques Richard (13), Jerry Korab (20) VAN 1 – 4 BUF
  3. 1:21 Chris Oddleifson (8) John Gould (13) VAN 2 – 4 BUF
  4. 5:07 Chris Oddleifson (9) John Gould (14), Gregg Boddy (4) VAN 3 – 4 BUF
  5. 8:19 Gilbert Perreault (22) Unassisted VAN 3 – 5 BUF
  6. 9:21 Peter McNab (16) Rick Martin (16), Bill Hajt (10) VAN 3 – 6 BUF
  7. 10:30 Fred Stanfield (10) Jacques Richard (14) VAN 3 – 7 BUF
  8. 14:17 Gerry O'Flaherty (8) Garry Monahan (6), Bobby Lalonde (15) VAN 4 – 7 BUF
  9. 15:42 Don Lever (14) Paulin Bordeleau (7), Dennis Ververgaert (21) VAN 5 – 7 BUF
  10. 19:35 Craig Ramsay (12) Fred Stanfield (8), Rick Martin (17) VAN 5 – 8 BUF

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 1 5 0 1.75
John Gould R 0 2 3 -1 1.33
Don Lever C 1 1 1 -2 1.15
Gregg Boddy D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Chris Oddleifson C 2 0 3 +1 0.83
Garry Monahan L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Gerry O'Flaherty L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 6 +2 0.75
Paulin Bordeleau R 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Bobby Lalonde C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 2 -4 0.18
Ab DeMarco D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Murray D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Andre Boudrias L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Dailey D 0 0 2 -3 -0.45
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Smith L 26 19 7 .731 50:30 -3.35
Ken Lockett — 5 5 0 1.000 8:59 0.50

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 1 3 2 0 2.78
Gilbert Perreault C 3 0 3 +1 2.63
Jacques Richard L 0 3 2 +2 2.33
Fred Stanfield L 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Jerry Korab D 0 1 5 +5 1.60
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 2 4 -2 1.25
Craig Ramsay L 1 0 2 0 0.90
Peter McNab C 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Bill Hajt D 0 1 2 -1 0.33
Danny Gare R 0 0 3 0 0.22
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
Rene Robert R 1 0 2 +1 -0.07
Paul McIntosh D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Brian Spencer L 0 0 2 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins W 34 29 5 .853 60:00 -0.85