Saturday, March 17, 1979 · Spectrum
Sabres 3 at Flyers 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
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3:06
Ken Linseman (4) Dennis Ververgaert (20), Bob Dailey (25) BUF 0 – 1 PHI
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11:29
Jerry Korab (10) PPG Rick Martin (18), Gilbert Perreault (47) BUF 1 – 1 PHI
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16:45
Blake Dunlop (16) Bob Kelly (25), Tom Gorence (3) BUF 1 – 2 PHI
3rd Period
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1:57
Rene Robert (18) Dave Schultz (12), Andre Savard (15) BUF 2 – 2 PHI
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2:03
Dennis Ververgaert (16) Ken Linseman (10) BUF 2 – 3 PHI
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2:30
Bill Barber (27) Ken Linseman (11), Dennis Ververgaert (21) BUF 2 – 4 PHI
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12:26
Rick MacLeish (24) Unassisted BUF 2 – 5 PHI
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13:07
Rene Robert (19) Rick Martin (19) BUF 3 – 5 PHI
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Robert R | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.88 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 1.48 |
| Jerry Korab D | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.13 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0.55 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Mike Boland D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Stewart D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ken Breitenbach D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Rick Dudley L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Larry Playfair D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Danny Gare R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sauve | L | 41 | 36 | 5 | .878 | 60:00 | -0.15 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Linseman C | 1 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 2.83 |
| Dennis Ververgaert R | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2.53 |
| Bill Barber L | 1 | 0 | 7 | +3 | 1.73 |
| Rick MacLeish C | 1 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 1.20 |
| Blake Dunlop C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Tom Gorence R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Bob Kelly L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Behn Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 0.68 |
| Bob Dailey D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Rick Lapointe D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 0.37 |
| Reggie Leach R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Andre Dupont D | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Jimmy Watson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Bobby Clarke C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dave Hoyda L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Paul Holmgren R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Al Hill L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Stephenson | W | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 60:00 | -0.65 |