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Saturday, December 16, 1978 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Sabres 5 at North Stars 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 75OVR Derek Smith Sabres First Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG R 86OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG C 89OVR Don Luce Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:32 Brad Maxwell (2) PPG Unassisted BUF 0 – 1 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 3:04 Derek Smith (5) PPG Unassisted BUF 1 – 1 MNS
  2. 5:58 Don Luce (10) PPG Danny Gare (15), Derek Smith (8) BUF 2 – 1 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 2:27 Tony McKegney (7) Derek Smith (9), Gilbert Perreault (19) BUF 3 – 1 MNS
  2. 8:20 Danny Gare (9) Don Luce (14), Lee Fogolin (10) BUF 4 – 1 MNS
  3. 14:11 Tom Younghans (5) Mike Polich (7), Glen Sharpley (11) BUF 4 – 2 MNS
  4. 17:42 Gilbert Perreault (10) PPG Jacques Richard (4), Derek Smith (10) BUF 5 – 2 MNS

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Smith C 1 3 2 0 0 0 0:00 2.78
Danny Gare R 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Don Luce C 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Lee Fogolin D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Tony McKegney L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Jacques Richard L 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Rick Martin L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gary McAdam R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bill Stewart D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Terry Martin L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Polich C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Tom Younghans R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Brad Maxwell D 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Glen Sharpley C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.55
Tim Young C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bill Butters D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Greg Smith D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bill Hogaboam C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Steve Payne L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Gary Sargent D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
J.P. Parise L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Al MacAdam R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Bobby Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Jean Potvin D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche L 26 21 5 .808 60:00 -1.65