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Tuesday, March 6, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Sabres 3 at Islanders 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 93OVR Don Edwards Sabres First Star 32 SV · .941 R 78OVR Ric Seiling Sabres Second Star 2G · 3 SOG C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 3:25 Gilbert Perreault (20) Rick Dudley (1), Lee Fogolin (15) BUF 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 12:08 Ric Seiling (18) Don Luce (28) BUF 2 – 0 NYI
  3. 16:18 Bob Bourne (24) PPG Bryan Trottier (61), Mike Bossy (45) BUF 2 – 1 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 11:47 Stefan Persson (8) Bryan Trottier (62) BUF 2 – 2 NYI
  2. 13:25 Ric Seiling (19) Don Luce (29), Jim Schoenfeld (13) BUF 3 – 2 NYI

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ric Seiling R 2 0 3 +2 1.65
Don Luce C 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Lee Fogolin D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Rick Dudley L 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 2 +1 0.63
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 4 +2 0.60
Rick Martin L 0 0 5 0 0.38
Danny Gare R 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Ken Breitenbach D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jacques Richard L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Rene Robert R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Boland D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Larry Playfair D 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bryan Trottier C 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Stefan Persson D 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Mike Bossy R 0 1 5 0 1.00
Bob Bourne C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Denis Potvin D 0 0 6 -1 0.30
John Tonelli L 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Pat Price D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 -1 -0.45
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 1 -1 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch L 33 30 3 .909 60:00 0.75