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Saturday, March 31, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens

North Stars 2 at Maple Leafs 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 94OVR Lanny McDonald Maple Leafs First Star 3G · 6 SOG D 89OVR Ian Turnbull Maple Leafs Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 63OVR Rocky Saganiuk Maple Leafs Third Star 2G · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:57 Lanny McDonald (36) Ian Turnbull (50), Joel Quenneville (6) MNS 0 – 1 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 7:53 Rocky Saganiuk (2) Paul Gardner (27) MNS 0 – 2 TOR
  2. 12:05 Rocky Saganiuk (3) PPG Paul Gardner (28), Dave Williams (20) MNS 0 – 3 TOR
  3. 14:27 Ian Turnbull (12) Walt McKechnie (34), Dave Hutchison (13) MNS 0 – 4 TOR
  4. 15:49 Brad Maxwell (9) Greg Smith (27), Ron Zanussi (16) MNS 1 – 4 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 1:32 Lanny McDonald (37) Unassisted MNS 1 – 5 TOR
  2. 18:41 Lanny McDonald (38) Dave Hutchison (14), Darryl Sittler (42) MNS 1 – 6 TOR
  3. 19:29 Fred Barrett (1) Bobby Smith (40) MNS 2 – 6 TOR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bobby Smith C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Fred Barrett D 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Ron Zanussi R 0 1 0 0 0.48
Brad Maxwell D 1 0 6 -4 0.45
Steve Payne L 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Gary Sargent D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Al MacAdam R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Greg Smith D 0 1 2 -4 0.18
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Tim Young C 0 0 4 0 0.15
Jean Potvin D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Kris Manery R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Mike Polich C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Jack Carlson L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Fidler L 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 1 -4 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche L 31 25 6 .806 60:00 -2.00

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lanny McDonald R 3 0 6 +2 3.00
Ian Turnbull D 1 1 2 +3 1.83
Rocky Saganiuk R 2 0 3 0 1.73
Paul Gardner C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Dave Hutchison D 0 2 1 +1 1.33
Joel Quenneville D 0 1 2 +3 1.22
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Darryl Sittler C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Dave Williams L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Ron Ellis R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
John Anderson R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dan Maloney L 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Borje Salming D 0 0 6 -1 0.15
Pat Boutette L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jimmy Jones C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Burrows D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 31 29 2 .935 60:00 1.40