The Detroit Red Wings fell to the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 3, on December 21, 1977.

Final

Sabres

21-7-4

5

Red Wings

10-16-4

3

Team

BUF

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

DET

Gary Mcadam (EV) assisted by Danny Gare and Lee Fogolin Jr.

Bill Lochead (EV) assisted by Larry Giroux and Greg Joly

2nd period

BUF

DET

Rene Robert (EV) assisted by Jerry Korab and Richie Dunn

Dan Maloney (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent and Dennis Polonich

Gilbert Perreault (EV) assisted by Gary Mcadam and Rene Robert

Gilbert Perreault (PP) assisted by Jerry Korab and Fred Stanfield

Don Luce (EV) assisted by Craig Ramsay and Danny Gare

3rd period

BUF

DET

Andre St. Laurent (PP) assisted by Dale McCourt and Vaclav Nedomansky

Sabres

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (W) D. Edwards	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Richie Dunn R. Dunn	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Don Luce D. Luce	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	1	7	28.6
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rene Robert R. Robert	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ed Giacomin (L) E. Giacomin	0	1	0	20	15	.750	5	8.47	0	35
Jim Rutherford J. Rutherford				10	10	1.000	0	0.00	0	25

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Al Cameron A. Cameron	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Giroux L. Giroux	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dan Maloney D. Maloney	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	1	100.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Timothy Sheehy T. Sheehy	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0