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Thursday, December 27, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Maple Leafs 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 · 5 SOG C 83OVR Derek Smith Sabres Second Star 3A · 0 SOG L 83OVR Tony McKegney Sabres Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:40 Rocky Saganiuk (7) John Anderson (15) TOR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 18:24 Richie Dunn (2) PPG Derek Smith (13) TOR 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:28 Ron Ellis (10) Walt McKechnie (25) TOR 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:19 Gilbert Perreault (21) PPG Rick Dudley (6), John Van Boxmeer (23) TOR 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:30 Danny Gare (21) Derek Smith (14), Tony McKegney (11) TOR 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 18:15 Jerry Korab (1) Derek Smith (15), Tony McKegney (12) TOR 2 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:34 Rocky Saganiuk (8) John Anderson (16), Joel Quenneville (4) TOR 3 – 4 BUF
  2. 19:12 Danny Gare (22) Craig Ramsay (20), Don Luce (19) TOR 3 – 5 BUF

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rocky Saganiuk R 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.50
John Anderson R 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Ron Ellis R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Joel Quenneville D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Darryl Maggs D 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Dan Maloney L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry Martin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Borje Salming D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lanny McDonald R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Laurie Boschman C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Darryl Sittler C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Carl Brewer D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Williams L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Paul Harrison L 33 29 4 .879 59:06 -0.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 2 0 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.33
Derek Smith C 0 3 0 0 0 +2 0:00 2.18
Tony McKegney L 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Jerry Korab D 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Richie Dunn D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Don Luce C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Rick Dudley L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.38
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
John Gould R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bill Hajt D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 5 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.07
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Rick Martin L 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05