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Thursday, December 16, 1976 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 2 at Sabres 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 93OVR Rick Martin Sabres First Star 3G · 6 SOG C 97OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Second Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG C 77OVR Jim Lorentz Sabres Third Star 3A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:04 Danny Gare (3) Gilbert Perreault (15), Terry Martin (1) NYR 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 9:39 Gilbert Perreault (18) PPG Fred Stanfield (9), Rene Robert (13) NYR 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:15 Don Luce (9) Lee Fogolin (8), Craig Ramsay (13) NYR 0 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:32 Pat Hickey (7) Nick Fotiu (2), Dave Maloney (5) NYR 1 – 3 BUF
  2. 4:07 Rick Martin (17) PPG Jim Lorentz (8), Jerry Korab (16) NYR 1 – 4 BUF
  3. 9:53 Rick Martin (18) Jim Lorentz (9), Andre Savard (8) NYR 1 – 5 BUF
  4. 11:11 Gilbert Perreault (19) Jim Schoenfeld (5), Jerry Korab (17) NYR 1 – 6 BUF
  5. 14:09 Rick Martin (19) Jim Lorentz (10), Andre Savard (9) NYR 1 – 7 BUF
  6. 15:23 Pat Hickey (8) Nick Fotiu (3), Dave Farrish (9) NYR 2 – 7 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Pat Hickey L 2 0 2 +1 1.80
Nick Fotiu L 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Dave Farrish D 0 1 0 0 0.48
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Dave Maloney D 0 1 0 -3 0.18
Rod Gilbert R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Greg Polis R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Mike McEwen D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Phil Esposito C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Bill Goldsworthy R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Don Murdoch R 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Ken Hodge R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Ron Greschner D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 -2 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert — 12 12 0 1.000 20:00 1.20
Gilles Gratton L 28 21 7 .750 40:00 -3.15

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 3 0 6 +1 2.70
Gilbert Perreault C 2 1 4 +1 2.58
Jim Lorentz C 0 3 2 +2 2.33
Andre Savard C 0 2 2 +2 1.70
Jerry Korab D 0 2 2 +2 1.70
Don Luce C 1 0 5 +1 1.28
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 0 +3 1.08
Danny Gare R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Lee Fogolin D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Rene Robert R 0 1 6 +1 0.92
Fred Stanfield L 0 1 3 0 0.85
Terry Martin L 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Bill Hajt D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins W 14 12 2 .857 60:00 -0.30