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Saturday, December 22, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center

Sabres 4 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG R 97OVR Danny Gare Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 57OVR Rick Dudley Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:19 Rick Dudley (3) Gilbert Perreault (21), Andre Savard (2) BUF 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 12:46 Gilbert Perreault (20) PPG John Van Boxmeer (22), Craig Ramsay (19) BUF 2 – 0 HFD
  3. 14:25 Danny Gare (20) PPG Rick Dudley (5), Gilbert Perreault (22) BUF 3 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 8:28 Jordy Douglas (11) PPG Blaine Stoughton (12), Dave Keon (28) BUF 3 – 1 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 2:03 Dave Debol (2) Robert Stephenson (1) BUF 3 – 2 HFD
  2. 4:15 Derek Smith (14) PPG Jerry Korab (2), Danny Gare (21) BUF 4 – 2 HFD

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilbert Perreault C 1 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.38
Danny Gare R 1 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.75
Rick Dudley L 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Derek Smith C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Andre Savard C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Jerry Korab D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Rick Martin L 0 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Richie Dunn D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Larry Playfair D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Tony McKegney L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
John Gould R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jordy Douglas L 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Dave Debol C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Dave Keon C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Blaine Stoughton L 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Robert Stephenson R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Mike Rogers C 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Ronald Plumb D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Ray Allison R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
James Warner R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Steve Alley L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Greg Carroll C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gordie Howe R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Sims D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Hodgson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 41 37 4 .902 60:00 0.70