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Wednesday, January 28, 1976 · Madison Square Garden

Sabres 3 at Rangers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 93OVR Rene Robert Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 87OVR Phil Esposito Rangers Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG L 92OVR Craig Ramsay Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:17 Bill Collins (3) Phil Esposito (31), Nick Beverley (5) BUF 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 9:07 Craig Ramsay (16) Unassisted BUF 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 10:16 Rod Gilbert (17) PPG Phil Esposito (32), Steve Vickers (27) BUF 1 – 2 NYR
  4. 14:03 Gilbert Perreault (27) Rene Robert (23), Bill Hajt (13) BUF 2 – 2 NYR
  5. 16:45 Phil Esposito (19) PPG Rod Gilbert (29) BUF 2 – 3 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 14:37 Rene Robert (17) Craig Ramsay (31), Don Luce (34) BUF 3 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

No scoring

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rene Robert R 1 1 4 +3 2.13
Craig Ramsay L 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Don Luce C 0 1 3 +2 1.15
Bill Hajt D 0 1 1 +2 0.85
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 3 +2 0.52
Rick Martin L 0 0 8 -1 0.45
Danny Gare R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jacques Richard L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jim Lorentz C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Peter McNab C 0 0 4 -1 0.00
Paul McIntosh D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins T 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 1 2 3 0 2.08
Rod Gilbert R 1 1 5 -1 1.60
Bill Collins R 1 0 2 0 0.75
Nick Beverley D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Steve Vickers L 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Bill Fairbairn R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Pat Hickey L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Gilles Marotte D 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Rick Middleton R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Greg Polis R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jerry Holland L 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Bednarski D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Doug Jarrett D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson T 39 36 3 .923 60:00 1.35