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Saturday, November 17, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Sabres 4 at North Stars 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 88OVR Don Edwards Sabres First Star 35 SV · .946 R 55OVR John Gould Sabres Second Star 2G · 4 SOG C 66OVR Don Luce Sabres Third Star 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:21 Derek Smith (5) Danny Gare (12), Tony McKegney (5) BUF 1 – 0 MNS
  2. 5:27 Fred Barrett (5) Mike Polich (1), Kent-Erik Andersson (2) BUF 1 – 1 MNS
  3. 11:32 Gilbert Perreault (11) Unassisted BUF 2 – 1 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 1:16 John Gould (3) Lindy Ruff (8) BUF 3 – 1 MNS
  2. 13:55 John Gould (4) Craig Ramsay (11), Don Luce (8) BUF 4 – 1 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 17:33 Steve Payne (14) Per-Olov Brasar (9), Al MacAdam (14) BUF 4 – 2 MNS

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John Gould R 2 0 4 +2 1.95
Don Luce C 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Derek Smith C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 4 0 0.90
Danny Gare R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Tony McKegney L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 +3 0.52
Rick Martin L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 3 +3 0.15
Ric Seiling R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Robert Mongrain C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Dudley L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 37 35 2 .946 60:00 2.00

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Mike Polich C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Steve Payne L 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Fred Barrett D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Al MacAdam R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Tim Young C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Craig Hartsburg D 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Maxwell D 0 0 5 -2 0.08
Kris Manery R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tom McCarthy L 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Gary Sargent D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Bobby Smith C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 2 -2 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche L 35 31 4 .886 59:22 0.10