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Wednesday, February 14, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Islanders 1 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 93OVR Don Edwards Sabres First Star 25 SV · .962 G 89OVR Billy Smith Islanders Second Star 27 SV · .931 C 94OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Third Star 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:21 Rick Dudley (1) Danny Gare (23), Gilbert Perreault (32) NYI 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:30 Mike Bossy (45) PPG Denis Potvin (41), Stefan Persson (39) NYI 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 12:28 Ric Seiling (14) Don Luce (23) NYI 1 – 2 BUF

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Bossy R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Denis Potvin D 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Stefan Persson D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.10
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bert Marshall D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Clark Gillies L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Garry Howatt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Billy Harris R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
John Tonelli L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith L 29 27 2 .931 59:47 1.20

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Ric Seiling R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Danny Gare R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Rick Dudley L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Don Luce C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bill Hajt D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.37
Bill Stewart D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
Andre Savard C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Rene Robert R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jacques Richard L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Derek Smith C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Martin L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 26 25 1 .962 60:00 1.75