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Wednesday, February 20, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Jets 3 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Danny Gare Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG L 85OVR Tony McKegney Sabres Second Star 2G · 4 SOG L 71OVR John Markell Jets Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:27 Tony McKegney (14) Derek Smith (31), Bill Hajt (8) WIN 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 14:08 Ron Wilson (13) Ross Cory (2), John Markell (4) WIN 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 19:31 John Markell (7) Peter Sullivan (26), Pierre Hamel (2) WIN 2 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:01 Morris Lukowich (28) Al Cameron (8) WIN 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:04 Danny Gare (40) PPG John Van Boxmeer (31), Gilbert Perreault (45) WIN 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:38 Danny Gare (41) PPG Rick Martin (24), Gilbert Perreault (46) WIN 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:21 Tony McKegney (15) Danny Gare (27) WIN 3 – 4 BUF

Winnipeg Jets (1979)

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Markell L 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Ron Wilson C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Al Cameron D 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Peter Sullivan C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ross Cory D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Morris Lukowich L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.68
Hilliard Graves R 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Craig Norwich D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Willy Lindstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Lars Sjoberg D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jimmy Mann R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
John Bethel L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gerry Rioux R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Donald MacIver D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lyle Moffat L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jude Drouin C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Barry Melrose D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pierre Hamel L 31 27 4 .871 58:54 -0.30

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Danny Gare R 2 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 2.43
Tony McKegney L 2 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.95
Gilbert Perreault C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Bill Hajt D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Rick Martin L 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Derek Smith C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Don Luce C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Richie Dunn D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jerry Korab D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Gould R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 20 17 3 .850 60:00 -0.55