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Saturday, January 27, 1979 · Detroit Olympia

Sabres 6 at Red Wings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 89OVR Don Luce Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG D 88OVR Jim Schoenfeld Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 87OVR Craig Ramsay Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:31 Jim Schoenfeld (6) PPG Jerry Korab (23), Rick Martin (14) BUF 1 – 0 DET
  2. 7:44 Ric Seiling (11) Unassisted BUF 2 – 0 DET
  3. 8:07 Rene Robert (9) Gilbert Perreault (31), Rick Martin (15) BUF 3 – 0 DET
  4. 14:04 Andre St. Laurent (8) Dennis Polonich (7), Thommie Bergman (13) BUF 3 – 1 DET
  5. 17:44 Dan Bolduc (9) Reed Larson (25), Nick Libett (15) BUF 3 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 3:11 Thommie Bergman (7) Reed Larson (26), Vaclav Nedomansky (22) BUF 3 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 5:51 Don Luce (16) SHG Craig Ramsay (18), Jim Schoenfeld (12) BUF 4 – 3 DET
  2. 7:53 Andre Savard (12) Bill Hajt (6), Rene Robert (23) BUF 5 – 3 DET
  3. 12:13 Craig Ramsay (16) Don Luce (20), Bill Hajt (7) BUF 6 – 3 DET

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don Luce C 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Jim Schoenfeld D 1 1 1 +3 1.90
Craig Ramsay L 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Rene Robert R 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Rick Martin L 0 2 4 +1 1.70
Bill Hajt D 0 2 3 0 1.48
Ric Seiling R 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Andre Savard C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Jerry Korab D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Bill Stewart D 0 0 0 +4 0.60
Terry Martin L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tony McKegney L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Derek Smith C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jacques Richard L 0 0 2 0 -0.15
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 24 21 3 .875 60:00 -0.15

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Thommie Bergman D 1 1 1 -1 1.30
Nick Libett L 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Dan Bolduc R 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Reed Larson D 0 2 3 -4 0.88
Andre St. Laurent C 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Dennis Polonich C 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Jean Hamel D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Willie Huber D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Greg Carroll C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Lochead L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dale McCourt C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
John Hilworth D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Larry Gloekner D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 34 28 6 .824 60:00 -1.70