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Friday, March 23, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum

Sabres 4 at Canucks 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 78OVR Andre Savard Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 93OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 83OVR Thomas Gradin Canucks Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:25 Thomas Gradin (20) Dennis Kearns (26) BUF 0 – 1 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 7:10 Stan Smyl (13) PPG Thomas Gradin (27), Bob Manno (16) BUF 0 – 2 VAN
  2. 8:33 Andre Savard (17) Danny Gare (33), Ken Breitenbach (6) BUF 1 – 2 VAN
  3. 18:54 Ron Sedlbauer (39) PPG Stan Smyl (23), Don Lever (20) BUF 1 – 3 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 0:31 Craig Ramsay (23) Don Luce (33) BUF 2 – 3 VAN
  2. 1:07 Danny Gare (23) Rick Dudley (5), Gilbert Perreault (48) BUF 3 – 3 VAN
  3. 12:05 Rick Martin (24) Andre Savard (18), Rene Robert (35) BUF 4 – 3 VAN

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andre Savard C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Danny Gare R 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Rick Dudley L 0 1 6 +1 1.22
Rick Martin L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Craig Ramsay L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Ken Breitenbach D 0 1 2 +2 0.93
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Rene Robert R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Don Luce C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jacques Richard L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Bill Stewart D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Thomas Gradin C 1 1 4 0 1.68
Stan Smyl R 1 1 2 0 1.53
Ron Sedlbauer L 1 0 9 0 1.42
Bob Manno D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Don Lever C 0 1 2 -3 0.33
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Pit Martin C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Curt Fraser L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Robert Tudor C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Larry Goodenough D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Don Kozak R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Rick Blight R 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Jere Gillis L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson L 25 21 4 .840 59:12 -0.90