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Thursday, December 7, 1978 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Kings 3 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 91OVR Butch Goring Kings First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG R 93OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 2G · 8 SOG C 89OVR Don Luce Sabres Third Star 2A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:12 Danny Gare (7) PPG Don Luce (12) LAK 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 13:15 Butch Goring (17) PPG Randy Manery (8), Dave Taylor (19) LAK 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 19:35 Murray Wilson (3) Butch Goring (13), Rob Palmer (12) LAK 2 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 6:50 Rene Robert (5) Terry Martin (4), Jerry Korab (15) LAK 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 10:12 Butch Goring (18) PPG Bob Murdoch (10), Tom Williams (10) LAK 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 13:01 Danny Gare (8) Craig Ramsay (7), Don Luce (13) LAK 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Butch Goring C 2 1 4 0 2.43
Murray Wilson L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Tom Williams L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Dave Taylor R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Rob Palmer D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Randy Manery D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Bob Murdoch D 0 1 2 -2 0.32
Syl Apps C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Marcel Dionne C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Danny Grant L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Steve Jensen L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Vic Venasky C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Glenn Goldup R 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rick Hampton D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bert Wilson L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mario Lessard T 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Danny Gare R 2 0 8 +1 1.95
Don Luce C 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Jerry Korab D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Rene Robert R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Terry Martin L 0 1 0 0 0.48
Bill Stewart D 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Derek Smith C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Jacques Richard L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tony McKegney L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Andre Savard C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve T 32 29 3 .906 60:00 0.65