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Tuesday, January 16, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena

Maple Leafs 3 at Rockies 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 98OVR Borje Salming Maple Leafs First Star 2A · 4 SOG C 88OVR Walt McKechnie Maple Leafs Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 94OVR Lanny McDonald Maple Leafs Third Star 1G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:22 Gary Croteau (18) Andy Spruce (13), Don Awrey (2) TOR 0 – 1 CLR
  2. 14:37 John Anderson (5) Unassisted TOR 1 – 1 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 11:16 Walt McKechnie (16) PPG Ian Turnbull (31), Borje Salming (26) TOR 2 – 1 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 11:16 Paul Gardner (18) PPG John Van Boxmeer (21), Wilf Paiement (16) TOR 2 – 2 CLR
  2. 13:11 Lanny McDonald (17) PPG Walt McKechnie (17), Borje Salming (27) TOR 3 – 2 CLR

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Borje Salming D 0 2 4 0 1.55
Walt McKechnie C 1 1 2 0 1.53
Lanny McDonald R 1 0 5 0 0.98
John Anderson R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Ian Turnbull D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dave Williams L 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Ron Wilson D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Jerry Butler R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dan Maloney L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jimmy Jones C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Ellis R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Boutette L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Hutchison D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lorne Stamler L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Garry Monahan L 0 0 0 -1 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 21 19 2 .905 60:00 0.40

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gary Croteau R 1 0 1 0 0.83
Wilf Paiement R 0 1 1 0 0.70
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Don Awrey D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Andy Spruce L 0 1 1 0 0.55
Randy Pierce R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Paul Gardner C 1 0 3 -1 0.30
Barry Beck D 0 0 4 0 0.30
Mike Christie D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jack Valiquette C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Merlin Malinowski C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Delorme C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Nick Beverley D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dennis Owchar D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Plasse L 27 24 3 .889 60:00 0.15