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Friday, January 9, 1981 · Madison Square Garden

Sabres 3 at Rangers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 73OVR Dean Talafous Rangers First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 70OVR Alan Haworth Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC L 88OVR Rick Martin Kings Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:00 Dean Talafous (4) Phil Esposito (13), Dave Maloney (18) BUF 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 16:08 Ulf Nilsson (3) Dean Talafous (4) BUF 0 – 2 NYR
  3. 16:42 Tony McKegney (17) Mike Ramsey (10) BUF 1 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 0:28 Tom Laidlaw (4) Barry Beck (9) BUF 1 – 3 NYR
  2. 10:37 Alan Haworth (4) Gilbert Perreault (29), Rick Martin (12) BUF 2 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 16:49 Rick Martin (5) Andre Savard (15), Alan Haworth (3) BUF 3 – 3 NYR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Alan Haworth C 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Rick Martin L 1 1 2 0 1.38
Tony McKegney L 1 0 4 0 1.05
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 0 +3 0.93
Andre Savard C 0 1 1 0 0.70
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Derek Smith C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Rick Dudley L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Danny Gare R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Richie Dunn D 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Bill Hajt D 0 0 0 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards T 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dean Talafous C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Phil Esposito C 0 1 4 +2 1.08
Dave Maloney D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Ulf Nilsson C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Barry Beck D 0 1 3 -2 0.55
Tom Laidlaw D 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Don Maloney L 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Ron Duguay C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Silk R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Allison R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Doug Sulliman L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert T 27 24 3 .889 60:00 0.15