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Sunday, December 26, 1976 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Capitals 2 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 85OVR Andre Savard Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 8 SOG L 49OVR Brian Spencer Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG R 59OVR Gary McAdam Sabres Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:54 Jim Lorentz (10) Rick Martin (20), Andre Savard (12) WSH 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:21 Rick Bragnalo (6) SHG Unassisted WSH 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 4:54 Andre Savard (15) Bill Hajt (10), Rick Martin (21) WSH 1 – 2 BUF
  2. 9:23 Lee Fogolin (2) PPG Gilbert Perreault (23), Rene Robert (14) WSH 1 – 3 BUF
  3. 10:03 Fred Stanfield (4) Brian Spencer (8), Gary McAdam (7) WSH 1 – 4 BUF
  4. 14:45 Brian Spencer (4) Gary McAdam (8), Gilbert Perreault (24) WSH 1 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:55 Ron Lalonde (6) Bill Collins (4), Tony White (7) WSH 2 – 5 BUF

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rick Bragnalo C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Bill Collins R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Tony White L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Ron Lalonde C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.53
Paul Nicholson L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jack Lynch D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Douglas Patey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Guy Charron C 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Rick Green D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Tom Rowe R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gord Smith D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Hartland Monahan R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Bryan Watson D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Low L 44 39 5 .886 60:00 0.15

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Andre Savard C 1 1 8 0 0 +2 0:00 2.13
Brian Spencer L 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Gary McAdam R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Rick Martin L 0 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.48
Gilbert Perreault C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Lee Fogolin D 1 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.13
Jim Lorentz C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Bill Hajt D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Fred Stanfield L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.53
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Rene Robert R 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Danny Gare R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jerry Korab D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Don Luce C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Terry Martin L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins W 25 23 2 .920 60:00 0.80