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Thursday, March 8, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Kings 4 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 86OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG C 94OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Second Star 3A · 3 SOG L 78OVR Rick Martin Sabres Third Star 2G · 7 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:48 Charlie Simmer (9) Unassisted LAK 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 17:27 Murray Wilson (8) Syl Apps (27), Bert Wilson (10) LAK 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 19:49 Charlie Simmer (10) PPG Dave Taylor (40), Marcel Dionne (52) LAK 3 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:48 Craig Ramsay (20) Don Luce (30), Ric Seiling (12) LAK 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 9:14 Don Luce (21) Craig Ramsay (26) LAK 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 11:42 Danny Gare (19) Gilbert Perreault (40), Jerry Korab (30) LAK 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:40 Marcel Dionne (48) Dave Taylor (41) LAK 4 – 3 BUF
  2. 3:21 Rick Dudley (2) Gilbert Perreault (41), Danny Gare (27) LAK 4 – 4 BUF
  3. 13:09 Rick Martin (17) Rene Robert (31), Mike Boland (1) LAK 4 – 5 BUF
  4. 14:12 Rick Martin (18) PPG Danny Gare (28), Gilbert Perreault (42) LAK 4 – 6 BUF

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Marcel Dionne C 1 1 8 0 0 0 0:00 1.98
Charlie Simmer L 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
Dave Taylor R 0 2 8 0 0 0 0:00 1.55
Murray Wilson L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Bert Wilson L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Syl Apps C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Vic Venasky C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Hampton D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Mike Murphy R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Richard Mulhern D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Glenn Goldup R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Steve Jensen L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Butch Goring C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Rob Palmer D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Randy Manery D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mario Lessard L 44 38 6 .864 60:00 -0.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 1 2 4 0 0 +1 0:00 2.45
Gilbert Perreault C 0 3 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.40
Rick Martin L 2 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 2.03
Don Luce C 1 1 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.98
Craig Ramsay L 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Jerry Korab D 0 1 7 0 0 +2 0:00 1.30
Rick Dudley L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Ric Seiling R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike Boland D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Rene Robert R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Ken Breitenbach D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jacques Richard L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Andre Savard C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Larry Playfair D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20