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Wednesday, December 3, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canadiens 6 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 92OVR Mark Napier Canadiens First Star 4G · 7 SOG L 92OVR Steve Shutt Canadiens Second Star 4A · 1 SOG C 94OVR Andre Savard Sabres Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:46 Mark Napier (8) Steve Shutt (16), Brian Engblom (7) MTL 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:46 Mark Napier (9) PPG Steve Shutt (17), Gaston Gingras (8) MTL 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 9:40 Andre Savard (10) PPG Lindy Ruff (5), Alan Haworth (1) MTL 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 15:07 Serge Savard (3) Doug Jarvis (9) MTL 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 3:39 Andre Savard (11) John Van Boxmeer (12) MTL 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:55 Tony McKegney (13) PPG Derek Smith (19), Gilbert Perreault (16) MTL 3 – 3 BUF
  3. 11:47 Mario Tremblay (10) PPG Keith Acton (9), Brian Engblom (8) MTL 4 – 3 BUF
  4. 12:40 Mark Napier (10) Steve Shutt (18), Serge Savard (3) MTL 5 – 3 BUF
  5. 16:48 John Van Boxmeer (7) Unassisted MTL 5 – 4 BUF
  6. 18:09 Mark Napier (11) Steve Shutt (19), Yvon Lambert (8) MTL 6 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:40 Ric Seiling (5) Gilles Hamel (3), Richie Dunn (13) MTL 6 – 5 BUF

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Napier R 4 0 7 +2 3.83
Steve Shutt L 0 4 1 +2 2.88
Serge Savard D 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Brian Engblom D 0 2 2 +3 1.40
Yvon Lambert L 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Mario Tremblay R 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Doug Jarvis C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Keith Acton C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Gaston Gingras D 0 1 1 -3 0.25
Bob Gainey L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Bill Baker D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Rejean Houle L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Pierre Mondou C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chris Nilan R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Chartraw D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Rod Langway D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Doug Wickenheiser C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque W 24 19 5 .792 60:00 -1.85

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andre Savard C 2 0 3 +1 1.88
John Van Boxmeer D 1 1 5 -1 1.60
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 3 +2 1.15
Alan Haworth C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Ric Seiling R 1 0 1 0 0.68
Gilles Hamel L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Richie Dunn D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Derek Smith C 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Tony McKegney L 1 0 2 -3 0.45
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Rick Dudley L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Danny Gare R 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Don Luce C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 -1 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve L 30 24 6 .800 60:00 -2.10