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Thursday, October 12, 1978 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Islanders 2 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Mike Bossy Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG G 89OVR Billy Smith Islanders Second Star 32 SV · .941 D 93OVR Stefan Persson Islanders Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 4:59 Tony McKegney (1) Danny Gare (1), Gilbert Perreault (1) NYI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:55 Mike Bossy (1) PPG Bryan Trottier (1), Stefan Persson (1) NYI 1 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 11:47 Clark Gillies (1) Mike Bossy (1), Stefan Persson (2) NYI 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 17:10 Derek Smith (1) Bill Stewart (1), Jerry Korab (1) NYI 2 – 2 BUF

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Bossy R 1 1 6 0 1.83
Stefan Persson D 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Clark Gillies L 1 0 1 0 0.83
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Lorne Henning C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Billy Harris R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ed Westfall R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Alex McKendry L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Denis Potvin D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
John Tonelli L 0 0 0 -1 -0.45
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith T 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tony McKegney L 1 0 6 0 1.20
Derek Smith C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Danny Gare R 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bill Stewart D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Jerry Korab D 0 1 3 +1 0.70
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Rick Martin L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gary McAdam R 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Terry Martin L 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Rene Robert R 0 0 2 0 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ken Breitenbach D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards T 20 18 2 .900 60:00 0.30