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Wednesday, December 31, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Kings 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 59OVR Mike Murphy Kings First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG G 45OVR Doug Keans Kings Second Star 32 SV · .941 RC C 76OVR Derek Smith Sabres Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:25 Mike Murphy (6) Mark Hardy (8) LAK 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 10:43 Larry Murphy (6) SHG Greg Terrion (9), Mike Murphy (6) LAK 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 15:10 Jay Wells (2) Glenn Goldup (9), Jim Fox (11) LAK 3 – 0 BUF
  4. 18:26 Derek Smith (11) PPG Richie Dunn (21), Don Edwards (2) LAK 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 9:35 Garry Unger (9) Mike Murphy (7), Steve Jensen (5) LAK 4 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 10:06 Marcel Dionne (28) Charlie Simmer (28), Dave Taylor (38) LAK 5 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:59 Derek Smith (12) Tony McKegney (15), John Van Boxmeer (20) LAK 5 – 2 BUF

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Murphy R 1 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.45
Marcel Dionne C 1 0 7 0 0 +1 0:00 1.43
Jay Wells D 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Larry Murphy D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Charlie Simmer L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Garry Unger C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Greg Terrion C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Jim Fox R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Glenn Goldup R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mark Hardy D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Steve Jensen L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Dave Taylor R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Dave Lewis D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Jerry Korab D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Doug Halward D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dan Bonar C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Keans W 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Smith C 2 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.65
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 7 0 0 -1 0:00 1.00
Tony McKegney L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Richie Dunn D 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.32
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Rick Dudley L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Don Luce C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Alan Haworth C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Danny Gare R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bill Hajt D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Andre Savard C 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Rob McClanahan C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Gilbert Perreault C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards L 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95