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Monday, December 31, 1979 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Jets 2 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 3G · 1A · 6 SOG C 96OVR Gilbert Perreault Sabres Second Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG D 91OVR John Van Boxmeer Sabres Third Star 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:47 Gilbert Perreault (22) PPG Danny Gare (22), Derek Smith (17) WIN 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:55 Morris Lukowich (16) PPG Ron Wilson (20), Peter Marsh (14) WIN 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 7:44 Danny Gare (24) PPG Gilbert Perreault (25), John Van Boxmeer (24) WIN 1 – 2 BUF
  3. 8:45 Lyle Moffat (3) Jude Drouin (12), Bill Riley (1) WIN 2 – 2 BUF
  4. 9:15 Danny Gare (25) Tony McKegney (13), Derek Smith (18) WIN 2 – 3 BUF
  5. 10:06 John Gould (8) Don Luce (20), Richie Dunn (12) WIN 2 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:20 Rick Martin (18) Ric Seiling (17), Gilbert Perreault (26) WIN 2 – 5 BUF
  2. 19:53 Danny Gare (26) Andre Savard (3) WIN 2 – 6 BUF

Winnipeg Jets (1979)

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lyle Moffat L 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Ron Wilson C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Morris Lukowich L 1 0 3 -1 0.68
Peter Marsh R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Bill Riley R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Jude Drouin C 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Larry Hopkins L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ross Cory D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Craig Norwich D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Peter Sullivan C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Willy Lindstrom R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Al Cameron D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Donald MacIver D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Lorne Stamler L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Jimmy Mann R 0 0 3 0 -0.30
Scott Campbell D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Lars Sjoberg D 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Lindsay Middlebrook L 42 36 6 .857 60:00 -0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Danny Gare R 3 1 6 +2 3.63
Gilbert Perreault C 1 2 4 0 2.30
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 6 +3 1.53
Derek Smith C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Don Luce C 0 1 6 +1 1.22
John Gould R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Tony McKegney L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Andre Savard C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Rick Martin L 1 0 2 0 0.90
Ric Seiling R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Richie Dunn D 0 1 3 0 0.70
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 4 +2 0.60
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 +3 0.45
Rick Dudley L 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 24 22 2 .917 60:00 0.70