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Thursday, October 11, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Capitals 3 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG C 83OVR Derek Smith Sabres Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG D 83OVR Peter Scamurra Capitals Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:48 Jim Schoenfeld (1) PPG Danny Gare (1), John Van Boxmeer (1) WSH 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 2:32 Danny Gare (1) Derek Smith (1) WSH 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 10:50 Peter Scamurra (1) Dennis Maruk (1), Mike Gartner (1) WSH 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:13 Rolf Edberg (1) Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1), Leif Svensson (1) WSH 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 6:04 Dennis Maruk (1) Peter Scamurra (1), Pierre Bouchard (1) WSH 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 7:05 Gilbert Perreault (1) Rick Martin (1), Craig Ramsay (1) WSH 3 – 3 BUF
  4. 7:34 Derek Smith (1) Tony McKegney (1), Richie Dunn (1) WSH 3 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 7:48 Danny Gare (2) John Van Boxmeer (2), Derek Smith (2) WSH 3 – 5 BUF
  2. 18:54 Lindy Ruff (1) Ric Seiling (1), Craig Ramsay (2) WSH 3 – 6 BUF

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Peter Scamurra D 1 1 2 0 1.53
Dennis Maruk C 1 1 1 0 1.30
Rolf Edberg C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Mike Gartner R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Pierre Bouchard D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Leif Svensson D 0 1 0 -1 0.32
Rick Green D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Guy Charron C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Errol Rausse L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Paul MacKinnon D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ryan Walter C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Greg Polis R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Robert Picard D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Bob Sirois R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Stephenson L 35 30 5 .857 59:40 -0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Danny Gare R 2 1 6 +2 2.88
Derek Smith C 1 2 2 +3 2.60
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 3 0 1.33
Craig Ramsay L 0 2 0 0 1.25
Lindy Ruff L 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Jim Schoenfeld D 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Tony McKegney L 0 1 1 +3 1.00
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 5 -1 0.98
Ric Seiling R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Rick Martin L 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Richie Dunn D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Bill Hajt D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Don Luce C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Rick Dudley L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Robert Mongrain C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 17 14 3 .824 60:00 -0.85