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Sunday, October 16, 1977 · Madison Square Garden

Islanders 2 at Rangers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Phil Esposito Rangers First Star 3A · 8 SOG R 87OVR Don Murdoch Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:39 Don Murdoch (2) PPG Carol Vadnais (2), Phil Esposito (4) NYI 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 19:57 Pat Hickey (2) Ken Hodge (2), Ron Duguay (1) NYI 0 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 3:39 Bryan Trottier (1) Mike Bossy (1), Garry Howatt (2) NYI 1 – 2 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 11:09 Ken Hodge (1) PPG Phil Esposito (5), Don Murdoch (2) NYI 1 – 3 NYR
  2. 12:03 Clark Gillies (1) Bryan Trottier (3), Mike Bossy (2) NYI 2 – 3 NYR
  3. 19:42 Walt Tkaczuk (2) Phil Esposito (6), Greg Polis (2) NYI 2 – 4 NYR

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bryan Trottier C 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Mike Bossy R 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Clark Gillies L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Garry Howatt L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Gerry Hart D 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Jude Drouin C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
J.P. Parise L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Billy Harris R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Denis Potvin D 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch L 33 30 3 .909 59:35 0.75

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Esposito C 0 3 8 0 0 0 0:00 2.48
Don Murdoch R 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Ken Hodge R 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.15
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Pat Hickey L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Ron Duguay C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Greg Polis R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Dave Maloney D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Rod Gilbert R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Don Awrey D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dan Newman R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dave Farrish D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Ron Greschner D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10