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Sunday, October 17, 1976 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Flames 6 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 78OVR Jim Lorentz Sabres First Star 2G · 4 SOG R 52OVR Bill Flett Flames Second Star 2G · 2 SOG R 68OVR Curt Bennett Flames Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:24 Bill Flett (2) PPG Randy Manery (3), Bobby Simpson (1) AFM 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:22 Curt Bennett (4) Unassisted AFM 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 15:46 Jim Lorentz (1) Lee Fogolin (1) AFM 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 16:22 Curt Bennett (5) PPG Guy Chouinard (2) AFM 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:22 Bill Clement (2) SHG Tim Ecclestone (2) AFM 4 – 1 BUF
  2. 3:52 Jim Lorentz (2) Unassisted AFM 4 – 2 BUF
  3. 4:56 Bill Flett (3) Tim Ecclestone (3), Barry Gibbs (4) AFM 5 – 2 BUF
  4. 7:50 Andre Savard (1) Bill Hajt (2), Brian Spencer (1) AFM 5 – 3 BUF
  5. 10:20 Randy Manery (1) Hilliard Graves (1), Eric Vail (3) AFM 6 – 3 BUF
  6. 18:31 Gilbert Perreault (1) Rick Martin (2), Jerry Korab (2) AFM 6 – 4 BUF
  7. 19:29 Jacques Richard (1) Don Luce (1), Rick Martin (3) AFM 6 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

Atlanta Flames

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Flett R 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
Curt Bennett R 2 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 1.43
Randy Manery D 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.30
Tim Ecclestone L 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.25
Bill Clement C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Bobby Simpson L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Eric Vail L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Barry Gibbs D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Guy Chouinard C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Tom Lysiak C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Richard Mulhern D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Pat Quinn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Carriere D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rey Comeau C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ed Kea D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Ken Houston R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dan Bouchard W 46 41 5 .891 60:00 0.35

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jim Lorentz C 2 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.95
Andre Savard C 1 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.35
Rick Martin L 0 2 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.33
Lee Fogolin D 0 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.22
Don Luce C 0 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.15
Bill Hajt D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Jacques Richard L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Brian Spencer L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Jerry Korab D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.40
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.23
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Rene Robert R 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ken Breitenbach D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 12 9 3 .750 42:54 -1.35
Al Smith — 4 1 3 .250 16:22 -2.15