The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Atlanta Flames, 6 to 5, on October 17, 1976.

Final

Flames

5-2-0

6

Sabres

2-3-0

5

Team

AFM

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

AFM

BUF

Bill Flett (PP) assisted by Randy Manery and Bobby Simpson

Curt Bennett (EV) unassisted

Jim Lorentz (EV) assisted by Lee Fogolin Jr.

Curt Bennett (PP) assisted by Guy Chouinard

2nd period

AFM

BUF

Bill Clement (SH) assisted by Tim Ecclestone

Jim Lorentz (EV) unassisted

Bill Flett (EV) assisted by Tim Ecclestone and Barry Gibbs

Andre Savard (EV) assisted by Bill Hajt and Brian Spencer

Randy Manery (EV) assisted by Hilliard Graves and Eric Vail

Gilbert Perreault (EV) assisted by Richard Martin and Jerry Korab

Jacques Richard (EV) assisted by Don Luce and Richard Martin

Flames

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Flames

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dan Bouchard (W) D. Bouchard	1	0	0	46	41	.891	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Curt Bennett C. Bennett	2	0	2	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Larry Carriere L. Carriere	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Chouinard G. Chouinard	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Clement B. Clement	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Rey Comeau R. Comeau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Ecclestone T. Ecclestone	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Flett B. Flett	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	100.0
Barry Gibbs B. Gibbs	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hilliard Graves H. Graves	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Houston K. Houston	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kea E. Kea	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tom Lysiak T. Lysiak	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Manery R. Manery	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	33.3
Richard Mulhern R. Mulhern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Simpson B. Simpson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Vail E. Vail	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (L) B. Sauve	0	1	0	12	9	.750	3	4.20	0	43
Al Smith A. Smith				4	1	.250	3	11.00	0	16

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ken Breitenbach K. Breitenbach	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	0	1	1	+3	0	2	0.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	1	1	-1	4	3	0.0
Jim Lorentz J. Lorentz	2	0	2	+2	2	4	50.0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	1	0	1	-2	2	3	33.3
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jacques Richard J. Richard	1	0	1	+1	2	3	33.3
Rene Robert R. Robert	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	1	0	1	+2	0	4	25.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0
Brian Spencer B. Spencer	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0.0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	0	0	-1	0	0