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Thursday, April 3, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Nordiques 3 at Sabres 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 83OVR Tony McKegney Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG R 97OVR Real Cloutier Nordiques Second Star 1G · 2A · 7 SOG C 83OVR Derek Smith Sabres Third Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:14 Rick Martin (45) Rob McClanahan (5), Robert Mongrain (5) QUE 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 9:54 Derek Smith (24) PPG Rick Martin (32), Gilbert Perreault (65) QUE 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 16:49 Craig Ramsay (20) Bill Hajt (9), Gilbert Perreault (66) QUE 0 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:29 Danny Gare (52) Derek Smith (36), Mike Ramsey (3) QUE 0 – 4 BUF
  2. 9:59 Danny Gare (53) Tony McKegney (28), Larry Playfair (7) QUE 0 – 5 BUF
  3. 15:01 Real Cloutier (41) Wally Weir (12), Pierre Lacroix (20) QUE 1 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 1:00 Rick Dudley (10) Craig Ramsay (37), Richie Dunn (30) QUE 1 – 6 BUF
  2. 1:26 Tony McKegney (19) Mike Ramsey (4) QUE 1 – 7 BUF
  3. 4:25 Marc Tardif (31) Reginald Thomas (5), Real Cloutier (43) QUE 2 – 7 BUF
  4. 12:11 Tony McKegney (20) PPG Rick Martin (33), Derek Smith (37) QUE 2 – 8 BUF
  5. 19:12 Michel Goulet (22) Reginald Thomas (6), Real Cloutier (44) QUE 3 – 8 BUF

Quebec Nordiques

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Real Cloutier R 1 2 7 0 0 +1 0:00 2.68
Reginald Thomas C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Marc Tardif L 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Pierre Lacroix D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Michel Goulet L 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Wally Weir R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.40
Jamie Hislop R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Dale Hoganson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rich Leduc C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Curt Brackenbury R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Paul Baxter D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Alain Cote L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Garry Lariviere D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Bob Fitchner C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Ron Chipperfield C 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Dion L 45 37 8 .822 60:00 -2.30

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tony McKegney L 2 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.80
Derek Smith C 1 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.60
Rick Martin L 1 2 7 0 0 -1 0:00 2.38
Danny Gare R 2 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.10
Craig Ramsay L 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Mike Ramsey D 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Gilbert Perreault C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Rick Dudley L 1 0 8 0 0 0 0:00 1.35
Richie Dunn D 0 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.23
Bill Hajt D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Rob McClanahan C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Robert Mongrain C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Larry Playfair D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.78
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards W 30 27 3 .900 60:00 0.45