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Saturday, December 23, 1978 · Boston Garden

Sabres 4 at Bruins 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 88OVR Wayne Cashman Bruins First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG D 91OVR Al Sims Bruins Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 75OVR Derek Smith Sabres Third Star 2G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:39 Ric Seiling (6) Rene Robert (14), Rick Martin (9) BUF 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 2:26 Derek Smith (10) Gilbert Perreault (23), Jim Schoenfeld (5) BUF 2 – 0 BOS
  3. 5:54 Terry O'Reilly (9) Bob Miller (17), Al Sims (9) BUF 2 – 1 BOS
  4. 7:57 Wayne Cashman (8) John Wensink (7), Al Sims (10) BUF 2 – 2 BOS
  5. 16:47 Derek Smith (11) Gilbert Perreault (24), Tony McKegney (10) BUF 3 – 2 BOS
  6. 16:59 Mike Walton (9) Rick Middleton (28), Jean Ratelle (17) BUF 3 – 3 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 4:16 Gary McAdam (4) Jerry Korab (16) BUF 4 – 3 BOS
  2. 15:22 Jean Ratelle (12) Rick Middleton (29), John Wensink (8) BUF 4 – 4 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 3:52 Al Sims (8) Bob Miller (18), Wayne Cashman (20) BUF 4 – 5 BOS
  2. 14:01 Wayne Cashman (9) Peter McNab (22) BUF 4 – 6 BOS

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Smith C 2 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.95
Gilbert Perreault C 0 2 0 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Ric Seiling R 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Tony McKegney L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Rick Martin L 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Rene Robert R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Jerry Korab D 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Gary McAdam R 1 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.38
Danny Gare R 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bill Stewart D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jacques Richard L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Terry Martin L 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards L 28 22 6 .786 60:00 -2.30

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Cashman L 2 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 2.58
Al Sims D 1 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.53
Jean Ratelle C 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
John Wensink L 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Rick Middleton R 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Bob Miller C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Mike Walton C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Peter McNab C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Terry O'Reilly R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Don Marcotte L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Gary Doak D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Thomas Songin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Secord L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dick Redmond D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Milbury D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 24 20 4 .833 60:00 -1.00