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Friday, March 26, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Rangers 8 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 94OVR Reijo Ruotsalainen Rangers First Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG RC C 93OVR Mike Rogers Rangers Second Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG C 94OVR Ron Duguay Rangers Third Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:12 Ron Duguay (38) Mike Rogers (59), Reijo Ruotsalainen (36) NYR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 15:12 Tony McKegney (20) PPG John Van Boxmeer (50), Gilbert Perreault (36) NYR 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:38 Reijo Ruotsalainen (17) PPG Unassisted NYR 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 10:03 Andre Savard (15) Craig Ramsay (33), Mike Ramsey (22) NYR 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 11:10 Robert Mongrain (6) Gilles Hamel (6), Richie Dunn (15) NYR 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 12:32 Dale McCourt (32) Tony McKegney (27), John Van Boxmeer (51) NYR 2 – 4 BUF
  5. 17:48 Don Maloney (21) PPG Dave Maloney (33), Mikko Leinonen (19) NYR 3 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 9:50 Don Maloney (22) PPG Reijo Ruotsalainen (37) NYR 4 – 4 BUF
  2. 11:09 Eddie Johnstone (26) Robbie Ftorek (28) NYR 5 – 4 BUF
  3. 14:51 Ron Duguay (39) Mike Rogers (60) NYR 6 – 4 BUF
  4. 16:51 Jean-Francois Sauve (17) Gilles Hamel (7) NYR 6 – 5 BUF
  5. 17:07 Mike Rogers (36) Mark Pavelich (42), Reijo Ruotsalainen (38) NYR 7 – 5 BUF
  6. 19:12 Mark Pavelich (31) Mike Rogers (61), Ron Duguay (32) NYR 8 – 5 BUF

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Reijo Ruotsalainen D 1 3 3 0 0 +2 0:00 3.15
Mike Rogers C 1 3 3 0 0 +2 0:00 3.00
Ron Duguay C 2 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.65
Mark Pavelich C 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Don Maloney L 2 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.50
Eddie Johnstone R 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Robbie Ftorek C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mikko Leinonen L 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Barry Beck D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Dave Maloney D 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Mike Allison R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Tom Laidlaw D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rob McClanahan C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dave Silk R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Andre Dore D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Tim Bothwell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Weeks W 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gilles Hamel L 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Tony McKegney L 1 1 6 0 0 -3 0:00 1.38
Andre Savard C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Jean-Francois Sauve C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Robert Mongrain C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Craig Ramsay L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Richie Dunn D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Dale McCourt C 1 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 0.38
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.32
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
Brent Peterson C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Alan Haworth C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Mike Foligno R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Larry Playfair D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Edwards L 15 10 5 .667 29:48 -2.75
Paul Harrison — 8 6 2 .750 29:16 -0.90