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Wednesday, December 21, 1977 · Detroit Olympia

Sabres 5 at Red Wings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 2G · 7 SOG C 89OVR Andre St. Laurent Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG R 93OVR Rene Robert Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:19 Gary McAdam (8) Danny Gare (14), Lee Fogolin (8) BUF 1 – 0 DET
  2. 12:33 Bill Lochead (11) Larry Giroux (1), Greg Joly (8) BUF 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 4:48 Rene Robert (11) Jerry Korab (12), Richie Dunn (1) BUF 2 – 1 DET
  2. 7:29 Dan Maloney (7) Andre St. Laurent (10), Dennis Polonich (6) BUF 2 – 2 DET
  3. 12:59 Gilbert Perreault (22) Gary McAdam (7), Rene Robert (26) BUF 3 – 2 DET
  4. 14:43 Gilbert Perreault (23) PPG Jerry Korab (13), Fred Stanfield (5) BUF 4 – 2 DET
  5. 15:34 Don Luce (16) PPG Craig Ramsay (15), Danny Gare (15) BUF 5 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 18:44 Andre St. Laurent (8) PPG Dale McCourt (17), Vaclav Nedomansky (7) BUF 5 – 3 DET

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilbert Perreault C 2 0 7 0 0 +1 0:00 2.18
Rene Robert R 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Gary McAdam R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.68
Jerry Korab D 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Danny Gare R 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Don Luce C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Richie Dunn D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Lee Fogolin D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Fred Stanfield L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.40
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Martin L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jim Lorentz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Schock C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Andre Savard C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bill Stewart D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Andre St. Laurent C 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Bill Lochead L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Greg Joly D 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Dennis Polonich C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Dale McCourt C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Larry Giroux D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Dan Maloney L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Al Cameron D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Dennis Hull L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Larry Wright C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry Harper D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Nick Libett L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Perry Miller D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Timothy Sheehy R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford — 10 10 0 1.000 24:36 1.00
Ed Giacomin L 20 15 5 .750 35:24 -2.25