Monday, February 26, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Maple Leafs 1 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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8:16
Lanny McDonald (27) SHG Darryl Sittler (33), Borje Salming (40) TOR 1 – 0 BUF
2nd Period
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4:59
Don Luce (19) Craig Ramsay (24), Ric Seiling (11) TOR 1 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
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12:12
Don Luce (20) Jerry Korab (29) TOR 1 – 2 BUF
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18:37
Ric Seiling (16) Andre Savard (8) TOR 1 – 3 BUF
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Sittler C | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Borje Salming D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Lanny McDonald R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.75 |
| Dave Williams L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Walt McKechnie C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ron Ellis R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Jerry Butler R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Dan Maloney L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Jimmy Jones C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Ron Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| John Anderson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Dave Burrows D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Pat Boutette L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Ian Turnbull D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.37 |
| Lorne Stamler L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.45 |
| Dave Hutchison D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.52 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Palmateer | — | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 11:41 | 0.70 |
| Paul Harrison | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 47:53 | 0.45 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Luce C | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.18 |
| Ric Seiling R | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.05 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.08 |
| Jerry Korab D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.08 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.45 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Bill Stewart D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Danny Gare R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Jacques Richard L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Mike Boland D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Larry Playfair D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.23 |
| Ken Breitenbach D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:00 | 1.75 |