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Sunday, December 3, 1978 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canadiens 4 at Sabres 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Guy Lafleur Canadiens First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG L 95OVR Steve Shutt Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG G 78OVR Michel Larocque Canadiens Third Star 24 SV · .960

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:53 Danny Gare (6) Craig Ramsay (6), Don Luce (11) MTL 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 8:59 Mario Tremblay (9) PPG Guy Lafleur (22) MTL 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:03 Guy Lafleur (17) Steve Shutt (13), Gilles Lupien (4) MTL 2 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:06 Steve Shutt (8) Guy Lafleur (23), Michel Larocque (1) MTL 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 4:57 Doug Jarvis (5) Pierre Mondou (9), Mark Napier (4) MTL 4 – 1 BUF

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Guy Lafleur R 1 2 5 +2 2.68
Steve Shutt L 1 1 6 +2 2.13
Doug Jarvis C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Mario Tremblay R 1 0 2 0 0.90
Pierre Mondou C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Mark Napier R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Gilles Lupien D 0 1 1 +1 0.55
Jacques Lemaire C 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Bob Gainey L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Brian Engblom D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Rick Chartraw D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Rejean Houle L 0 0 4 0 0.15
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Larry Robinson D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Cam Connor R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rod Langway D 0 0 3 +1 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque W 25 24 1 .960 60:00 1.65

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Danny Gare R 1 0 6 0 1.20
Don Luce C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Derek Smith C 0 0 5 0 0.38
Gary McAdam R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bill Stewart D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jacques Richard L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Tony McKegney L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Rene Robert R 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Terry Martin L 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 -1 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 31 27 4 .871 60:00 -0.30