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Thursday, December 20, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Kings 3 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG R 85OVR Ric Seiling Sabres Second Star 2G · 5 SOG L 99OVR Charlie Simmer Kings Third Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:19 Ric Seiling (9) Rick Dudley (3) LAK 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:21 Charlie Simmer (30) Dave Taylor (30), Marcel Dionne (39) LAK 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 16:57 Randy Manery (1) PPG Charlie Simmer (25), Butch Goring (28) LAK 2 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 4:22 Danny Gare (18) Rick Dudley (4), Andre Savard (1) LAK 2 – 2 BUF
  2. 12:25 Marcel Dionne (26) PPG Charlie Simmer (26), Randy Manery (2) LAK 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:37 Derek Smith (13) Danny Gare (20), Tony McKegney (10) LAK 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 17:14 Danny Gare (19) PPG Gilbert Perreault (20), Rick Martin (13) LAK 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 19:48 Ric Seiling (10) Craig Ramsay (18) LAK 3 – 5 BUF

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Charlie Simmer L 1 2 4 0 0 0 0:00 2.15
Marcel Dionne C 1 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.68
Randy Manery D 1 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.00
Dave Taylor R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Butch Goring C 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Mike Murphy R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Steve Jensen L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
John Paul Kelly L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Glenn Goldup R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Barry Gibbs D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Syl Apps C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Mark Hardy D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Steve Carlson C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Rob Palmer D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Bert Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mario Lessard L 39 35 4 .897 58:53 0.50

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 2 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.80
Ric Seiling R 2 0 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.18
Rick Dudley L 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Andre Savard C 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Derek Smith C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Tony McKegney L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Rick Martin L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.37
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Don Luce C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Richie Dunn D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
John Gould R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 19 16 3 .842 60:00 -0.65