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Sunday, April 8, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rockies 5 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 61OVR Jacques Richard Sabres First Star 3G · 5 SOG R 86OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 3A · 4 SOG R 83OVR Wilf Paiement Rockies Third Star 3A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:27 Don Ashby (2) PPG John Van Boxmeer (33), Wilf Paiement (34) CLR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 3:53 Rick Martin (32) Andre Savard (22), Ken Breitenbach (8) CLR 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 9:40 Tony McKegney (8) Ric Seiling (22) CLR 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 7:18 Merlin Malinowski (6) Ron Delorme (7), John Van Boxmeer (34) CLR 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 13:50 Barry Beck (13) PPG Wilf Paiement (35), Don Ashby (3) CLR 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 14:37 Jacques Richard (8) SHG Danny Gare (38), Gilbert Perreault (57) CLR 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:25 Mike Dwyer (2) Merlin Malinowski (17), Ron Delorme (8) CLR 4 – 3 BUF
  2. 3:04 Jacques Richard (9) Gilbert Perreault (58), Danny Gare (39) CLR 4 – 4 BUF
  3. 14:18 Jacques Richard (10) Danny Gare (40), Larry Playfair (3) CLR 4 – 5 BUF
  4. 19:44 Barry Beck (14) PPG Wilf Paiement (36), Randy Pierce (17) CLR 5 – 5 BUF

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wilf Paiement R 0 3 6 0 0 -2 0:00 2.03
Merlin Malinowski C 1 1 6 0 0 0 0:00 1.83
Don Ashby C 1 1 6 0 0 -1 0:00 1.68
Barry Beck D 2 0 6 0 0 -2 0:00 1.65
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.18
Ron Delorme C 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.88
Mike Dwyer L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Randy Pierce R 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Don Saleski R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Mike Gillis L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jack Valiquette C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Rey Comeau C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gary Croteau R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Trevor Johansen D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill Oleschuk T 31 26 5 .839 60:00 -1.15

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jacques Richard L 3 0 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.93
Danny Gare R 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.48
Gilbert Perreault C 0 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.85
Rick Martin L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Tony McKegney L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Andre Savard C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Ric Seiling R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Ken Breitenbach D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Larry Playfair D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.40
Bill Stewart D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Rene Robert R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Boland D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards T 37 32 5 .865 60:00 -0.55