Sunday, December 4, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Red Wings 1 at Sabres 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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9:02
Gilbert Perreault (16) Jim Schoenfeld (8) DET 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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1:38
Rick Martin (12) Jocelyn Guevremont (9), Bill Hajt (4) DET 0 – 2 BUF
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13:46
Andre Savard (3) PPG Rick Martin (15) DET 0 – 3 BUF
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18:33
Rick Martin (13) Andre Savard (5) DET 0 – 4 BUF
3rd Period
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4:42
Don Luce (11) Bill Hajt (5), Craig Ramsay (11) DET 0 – 5 BUF
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9:03
Reed Larson (7) Paul Woods (6) DET 1 – 5 BUF
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14:58
Gilbert Perreault (17) Lee Fogolin (5), Jim Lorentz (4) DET 1 – 6 BUF
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Larson D | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Dennis Hull L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Rick Bowness R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Timothy Sheehy R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Bill Lochead L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Dale McCourt C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Dennis Hextall C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Nick Libett L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Terry Harper D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.37 |
| Greg Joly D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -0.37 |
| Al Cameron D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -0.37 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Dan Maloney L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | L | 41 | 35 | 6 | .854 | 60:00 | -1.00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Martin L | 2 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 2.73 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 2 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 2.10 |
| Andre Savard C | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 1.55 |
| Don Luce C | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 1.28 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 1.23 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Danny Gare R | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Fred Stanfield L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 | 2.05 |