Sunday, January 7, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Red Wings 3 at Sabres 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
9:02
Don Luce
(13)
PPG
Danny Gare (19), Gilbert Perreault (28)
DET 0 – 1 BUF
-
9:19
Andre Savard
(8)
Bill Stewart (12)
DET 0 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
3:00
Nick Libett
(7)
Reed Larson (22), Dan Bolduc (2)
DET 1 – 2 BUF
-
4:36
Errol Thompson
(14)
Andre St. Laurent (16), Dennis Polonich (4)
DET 2 – 2 BUF
-
8:43
Andre St. Laurent
(7)
Errol Thompson (20), Dennis Polonich (5)
DET 3 – 2 BUF
-
11:34
Jim Schoenfeld
(2)
Derek Smith (12)
DET 3 – 3 BUF
-
12:02
Craig Ramsay
(13)
Danny Gare (20), Jerry Korab (17)
DET 3 – 4 BUF
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errol Thompson L | 1 | 1 | 8 | +2 | 2.28 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.90 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.63 |
| Reed Larson D | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.15 |
| Nick Libett L | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Dan Bolduc R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| John Taft D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.30 |
| John Hilworth D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Dan Labraaten L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Thommie Bergman D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dale McCourt C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Bill Lochead L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Willie Huber D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 | -0.90 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Gare R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Don Luce C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Andre Savard C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Derek Smith C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.53 |
| Bill Stewart D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.48 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tony McKegney L | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | -0.07 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 | 0.25 |