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Friday, March 21, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Devils 6 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 80OVR Mel Bridgman Devils First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG D 72OVR Joe Cirella Devils Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG R 69OVR Pat Verbeek Devils Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:09 Gilbert Perreault (19) Unassisted NJD 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 12:48 Phil Housley (15) PPG Doug Smith (19), Paul Cyr (30) NJD 0 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:59 Peter McNab (18) Rich Preston (20), Joe Cirella (22) NJD 1 – 2 BUF
  2. 4:56 Dave Andreychuk (34) Mikael Andersson (9), Phil Housley (44) NJD 1 – 3 BUF
  3. 8:18 Joe Cirella (6) Jan Ludvig (8), Mark Johnson (34) NJD 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 13:27 Doug Sulliman (20) PPG Peter McNab (23), Rich Preston (21) NJD 3 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 6:55 Uli Hiemer (5) Mel Bridgman (31) NJD 4 – 3 BUF
  2. 16:26 Pat Verbeek (21) Kirk Muller (38), Mel Bridgman (32) NJD 5 – 3 BUF
  3. 18:27 Mel Bridgman (22) Kirk Muller (39), Pat Verbeek (23) NJD 6 – 3 BUF

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mel Bridgman C 1 2 1 +1 2.23
Joe Cirella D 1 1 4 +3 2.13
Pat Verbeek R 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Kirk Muller L 0 2 4 +1 1.70
Peter McNab C 1 1 1 +1 1.60
Rich Preston R 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Doug Sulliman L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Uli Hiemer D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Jan Ludvig R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Mark Johnson C 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Don Dietrich D 0 0 1 +3 0.52
Perry Anderson L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Greg Adams L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Randy Velischek D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0.08
John MacLean R 0 0 4 0 -0.15
Paul Gagne L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Alain Chevrier W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Housley D 1 1 3 -1 1.30
Doug Smith C 0 1 5 -1 0.85
Paul Cyr L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Dave Andreychuk L 1 0 6 -3 0.60
Mikael Andersson R 0 1 2 -3 0.33
Gilles Hamel L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ric Seiling R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Brian Engblom D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Foligno R 0 0 3 0 0.07
Mal Davis L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Adam Creighton C 0 0 0 0 0.00
David Fenyves D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Richie Dunn D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
John Tucker R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Phil Russell D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Steve Dykstra L 0 0 1 -2 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tom Barrasso L 30 24 6 .800 60:00 -2.10