Thursday, February 15, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Rangers 3 at Sabres 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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4:04
Terry Martin (5) Dave Schultz (10), Jocelyn Guevremont (8) NYR 0 – 1 BUF
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16:12
Andre Savard (14) Jerry Korab (24) NYR 0 – 2 BUF
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19:29
Carol Vadnais (7) PPG Mike McEwen (27), Anders Hedberg (30) NYR 1 – 2 BUF
2nd Period
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2:45
Don Murdoch (5) Dave Farrish (15) NYR 2 – 2 BUF
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6:43
Don Murdoch (6) PPG Mike McEwen (28), Don Maloney (2) NYR 3 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
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2:44
Danny Gare (16) PPG Gilbert Perreault (33), Rene Robert (25) NYR 3 – 3 BUF
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6:37
Don Luce (18) Craig Ramsay (22), Ric Seiling (10) NYR 3 – 4 BUF
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Murdoch R | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.95 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.05 |
| Mike McEwen D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | 0.95 |
| Don Maloney L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Anders Hedberg R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.40 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.23 |
| Lucien DeBlois C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Phil Esposito C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Nick Fotiu L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Ron Duguay C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Ron Greschner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dave Maloney D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Steve Vickers L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Dean Talafous C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Ulf Nilsson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Pat Hickey L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 60:00 | -0.40 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Martin L | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.20 |
| Don Luce C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.13 |
| Andre Savard C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.05 |
| Danny Gare R | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.98 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.70 |
| Jacques Richard L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Bill Stewart D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 | 0.45 |