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Sunday, December 16, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Bruins 5 at Sabres 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 81OVR Terry O'Reilly Bruins First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG G 85OVR Gilles Gilbert Bruins Second Star 26 SV · .963 R 95OVR Rick Middleton Bruins Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:46 Danny Gare (17) PPG Craig Ramsay (17), John Van Boxmeer (20) BOS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:30 Terry O'Reilly (8) Peter McNab (15), Ray Bourque (15) BOS 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 16:29 Terry O'Reilly (9) Al Secord (5), Mike Milbury (6) BOS 2 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:58 Jean Ratelle (13) PPG Rick Middleton (14), Dick Redmond (20) BOS 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:30 Rick Middleton (12) Unassisted BOS 4 – 1 BUF
  3. 18:40 Stan Jonathan (5) Terry O'Reilly (15), Dwight Foster (5) BOS 5 – 1 BUF

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Terry O'Reilly R 2 1 3 +3 2.20
Rick Middleton R 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Peter McNab C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Jean Ratelle C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Stan Jonathan L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Mike Milbury D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Dick Redmond D 0 1 1 +2 0.85
Dwight Foster R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Ray Bourque D 0 1 3 +2 0.77
Al Secord L 0 1 2 +2 0.55
Brad McCrimmon D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 1 0 0.08
John Wensink L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary Doak D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Thomas Songin R 0 0 3 0 -0.22
Bob Miller C 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gilbert W 27 26 1 .963 60:00 1.85

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Danny Gare R 1 0 4 -2 0.75
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 3 -2 0.55
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
John Gould R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Derek Smith C 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Richie Dunn D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Rick Dudley L 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Tony McKegney L 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 -0.45
Ric Seiling R 0 0 2 0 -0.60
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 -2 -0.75
Rick Martin L 0 0 3 -2 -0.97
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 25 20 5 .800 60:00 -1.75