Sunday, November 20, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Capitals 2 at Sabres 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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19:57
Danny Gare (11) Don Luce (11), Craig Ramsay (8) WSH 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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5:10
Rick Martin (7) Lee Fogolin (3) WSH 0 – 2 BUF
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7:15
Gary McAdam (2) Jim Schoenfeld (7), Ric Seiling (3) WSH 0 – 3 BUF
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8:24
Don Luce (8) Unassisted WSH 0 – 4 BUF
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9:50
Bob Sirois (9) Guy Charron (5), Larry Bolonchuk (1) WSH 1 – 4 BUF
3rd Period
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15:37
Bill Collins (3) Dave Forbes (6), Larry Bolonchuk (2) WSH 2 – 4 BUF
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19:49
Rick Martin (8) Jocelyn Guevremont (6), Gilbert Perreault (12) WSH 2 – 5 BUF
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bolonchuk D | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 1.48 |
| Bob Sirois R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Bill Collins R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Jack Lynch D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Doug Gibson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Craig Patrick R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -0.30 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -0.37 |
| Tom Rowe R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Smith | L | 41 | 36 | 5 | .878 | 60:00 | -0.15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Martin L | 2 | 0 | 8 | +1 | 2.25 |
| Don Luce C | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.83 |
| Danny Gare R | 1 | 0 | 7 | +1 | 1.43 |
| Gary McAdam R | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1.15 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 0.52 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fred Stanfield L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 | 0.50 |