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Sunday, October 21, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canucks 3 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 91OVR John Van Boxmeer Sabres First Star 2G · 8 SOG C 89OVR Don Lever Flames Second Star 2G · 3 SOG L 92OVR Rick Martin Sabres Third Star 1G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:21 Don Lever (4) Rick Vaive (2) VAN 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 12:42 John Van Boxmeer (2) Jim Schoenfeld (3) VAN 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:04 Rick Martin (2) Robert Mongrain (1) VAN 1 – 2 BUF
  2. 13:59 Rick Blight (1) Unassisted VAN 2 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:38 John Van Boxmeer (3) Bill Hajt (1), Gilbert Perreault (5) VAN 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 16:51 Don Lever (5) PPG Thomas Gradin (4), Dennis Kearns (3) VAN 3 – 3 BUF

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don Lever C 2 0 3 0 1.73
Rick Blight R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Rick Vaive R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Thomas Gradin C 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Lars Lindgren D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Bill Derlago C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Brent Ashton L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Manno D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Curt Fraser L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Stan Smyl R 0 0 1 -1 -0.38
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Kevin McCarthy D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Jere Gillis L 0 0 3 -1 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley T 34 31 3 .912 60:00 0.85

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John Van Boxmeer D 2 0 8 0 2.10
Rick Martin L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Bill Hajt D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Robert Mongrain C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Danny Gare R 0 0 8 0 0.60
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 0 0 0.48
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Tony McKegney L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Derek Smith C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Richie Dunn D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Dave Schultz L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Dudley L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 -0.98
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve T 22 19 3 .864 60:00 -0.35