Wednesday, January 19, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Capitals 4 at Sabres 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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6:21
Rick Martin (28) PPG Gilbert Perreault (32), Jerry Korab (25) WSH 0 – 1 BUF
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12:21
Blair Stewart (3) Bill Riley (2), Gerry Meehan (14) WSH 1 – 1 BUF
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13:56
Gerry Meehan (10) PPG Guy Charron (22), Bill Riley (3) WSH 2 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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7:42
Bob Sirois (7) Guy Charron (23) WSH 3 – 1 BUF
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15:51
Bob Sirois (8) Yvon Labre (6), Bill Riley (4) WSH 4 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
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12:34
Jim Schoenfeld (3) Jim Lorentz (19), Craig Ramsay (19) WSH 4 – 2 BUF
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2.25 |
| Bob Sirois R | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.80 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.60 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.55 |
| Blair Stewart L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.93 |
| Jack Lynch D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 0.37 |
| Hartland Monahan R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Tony White L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Low | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 | 1.70 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Rick Martin L | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.38 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.25 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Fred Stanfield L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Spencer L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Smith | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 60:00 | -1.50 |