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Wednesday, March 24, 1976 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 3 at Sabres 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 94OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 60OVR Brian Spencer Sabres Second Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG C 60OVR Jim Lorentz Sabres Third Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:19 Rick Martin (44) PPG Gilbert Perreault (61) NYR 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:29 Gilbert Perreault (41) PPG Rene Robert (48), Danny Gare (21) NYR 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 13:47 Phil Esposito (31) PPG Rod Gilbert (48), Steve Vickers (52) NYR 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 18:38 Phil Esposito (32) PPG Ron Greschner (21), Carol Vadnais (32) NYR 2 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:24 Jim Lorentz (15) Brian Spencer (25), Jim Schoenfeld (19) NYR 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 5:58 Danny Gare (44) Don Luce (45), Craig Ramsay (45) NYR 2 – 4 BUF
  3. 6:36 Brian Spencer (12) Jim Lorentz (21), Fred Stanfield (25) NYR 2 – 5 BUF
  4. 11:39 Pete Stemkowski (13) Bill Fairbairn (14), Greg Polis (20) NYR 3 – 5 BUF
  5. 15:02 Don Luce (19) Craig Ramsay (46), Danny Gare (22) NYR 3 – 6 BUF
  6. 15:44 Fred Stanfield (18) Jim Lorentz (22), Brian Spencer (26) NYR 3 – 7 BUF

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Esposito C 2 0 9 0 0 0 0:00 2.18
Pete Stemkowski C 1 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.60
Greg Polis R 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Rod Gilbert R 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Bill Fairbairn R 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Steve Vickers L 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Pat Hickey L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Ron Greschner D 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.25
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 3 0 0 -3 0:00 0.10
Rick Middleton R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bill Collins R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Bednarski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gilles Marotte D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Doug Jarrett D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson L 52 45 7 .865 60:00 -0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 1 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.68
Brian Spencer L 1 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.68
Jim Lorentz C 1 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.45
Don Luce C 1 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.05
Fred Stanfield L 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.68
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 1.30
Craig Ramsay L 0 2 0 0 0 +2 0:00 1.25
Rick Martin L 1 0 8 0 0 0 0:00 1.20
Rene Robert R 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.15
Bill Hajt D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jacques Richard 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 McIntosh D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35