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Wednesday, February 21, 1979 · Chicago Stadium

Sabres 2 at Blackhawks 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 97OVR Tony Esposito Blackhawks First Star 34 SV · .944 L 80OVR Rick Martin Sabres Second Star 1G · 10 SOG C 57OVR Mike Walton Blackhawks Third Star 1G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:39 Mike Walton (12) Jean Savard (1), J.P. Bordeleau (17) BUF 0 – 1 CHI

2nd Period

  1. 10:07 Rick Martin (14) PPG Gilbert Perreault (35) BUF 1 – 1 CHI
  2. 19:52 Jocelyn Guevremont (3) Craig Ramsay (23) BUF 2 – 1 CHI

3rd Period

  1. 0:44 Ted Bulley (20) Phil Russell (18) BUF 2 – 2 CHI
  2. 13:06 Reg Kerr (10) Phil Russell (19), Darcy Rota (15) BUF 2 – 3 CHI

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 1 0 10 -1 1.35
Jocelyn Guevremont D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Bill Hajt D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Jacques Richard L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Andre Savard C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 0.00
Rick Dudley L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Terry Martin L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rene Robert R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bill Stewart D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jerry Korab D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Danny Gare R 0 0 4 -1 -0.38
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 -1 -2.70
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards L 24 21 3 .875 60:00 -0.15

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Walton C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Phil Russell D 0 2 1 +3 1.03
Darcy Rota L 0 1 5 0 1.00
J.P. Bordeleau R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Ted Bulley L 1 0 1 +1 0.83
Jean Savard C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Reg Kerr C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Mike O'connell D 0 0 1 +3 0.52
Grant Mulvey R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Alain Daigle R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Doug Wilson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Stan Mikita C 0 0 3 0 0.07
John Marks R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Murray D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
David Logan D 0 0 0 -1 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito W 36 34 2 .944 60:00 1.90