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Wednesday, March 28, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Capitals 2 at Maple Leafs 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Darryl Sittler Maple Leafs First Star 3A · 3 SOG D 98OVR Borje Salming Maple Leafs Second Star 3A · 3 SOG D 89OVR Ian Turnbull Maple Leafs Third Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:02 Robert Picard (20) PPG Yvon Labre (8), Ryan Walter (24) WSH 1 – 0 TOR
  2. 14:15 Lanny McDonald (35) PPG Borje Salming (52), Ian Turnbull (48) WSH 1 – 1 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 2:05 Jimmy Jones (9) Dave Burrows (10), Darryl Sittler (39) WSH 1 – 2 TOR
  2. 12:00 Paul Gardner (26) PPG Dave Williams (19), Ian Turnbull (49) WSH 1 – 3 TOR
  3. 18:53 Ian Turnbull (11) Dave Hutchison (12), Darryl Sittler (40) WSH 1 – 4 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 8:22 John Anderson (12) Darryl Sittler (41), Borje Salming (53) WSH 1 – 5 TOR
  2. 9:26 Rolf Edberg (10) Yvon Labre (9), Dennis Maruk (54) WSH 2 – 5 TOR
  3. 10:30 Paul Gardner (27) Borje Salming (54) WSH 2 – 6 TOR

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Yvon Labre D 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Dennis Maruk C 0 1 5 -1 0.85
Rolf Edberg C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Robert Picard D 1 0 4 -1 0.60
Ryan Walter C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Guy Charron C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Douglas Patey R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Chuck Arnason R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Marson R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Girard L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Blair Stewart L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Rick Green D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Leif Svensson D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Jack Lynch D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Gord Lane D 0 0 2 -2 -0.45
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 2 -2 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Bedard L 40 34 6 .850 60:00 -1.10

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Darryl Sittler C 0 3 3 +3 2.40
Borje Salming D 0 3 3 +3 2.25
Ian Turnbull D 1 2 5 0 2.23
Paul Gardner C 2 0 3 +1 1.88
Lanny McDonald R 1 0 6 +2 1.50
John Anderson R 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Dave Burrows D 0 1 1 +3 1.15
Dave Hutchison D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Jimmy Jones C 1 0 1 +1 0.83
Dave Williams L 0 1 1 +1 0.40
Rocky Saganiuk R 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Jerry Butler R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Ron Ellis R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dan Maloney L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Walt McKechnie C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pat Boutette L 0 0 1 +1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20