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Tuesday, January 3, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Canucks 1 at Islanders 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 82OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG L 96OVR Clark Gillies Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 6:26 Clark Gillies (16) Bryan Trottier (36), Gerry Hart (12) VAN 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 19:03 Denis Potvin (8) PPG Clark Gillies (28) VAN 0 – 2 NYI
  3. 19:28 Bobby Nystrom (13) Denis Potvin (28) VAN 0 – 3 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 2:23 Mike Kaszycki (3) Bob Bourne (12), Bobby Nystrom (9) VAN 0 – 4 NYI
  2. 12:17 Brad Gassoff (3) Ralph Stewart (1), Hilliard Graves (10) VAN 1 – 4 NYI

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Brad Gassoff L 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Ralph Stewart C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Don Lever C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Blight R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Garry Monahan L 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Larry Goodenough D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pit Martin C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Gerry O'Flaherty L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bob Manno D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 2 0 -0.23
Jere Gillis L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley L 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bobby Nystrom R 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Clark Gillies L 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Denis Potvin D 1 1 3 0 1.60
Mike Kaszycki C 1 0 5 +2 1.43
Bob Bourne C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Gerry Hart D 0 1 3 +2 1.00
Mike Bossy R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Lorne Henning C 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
J.P. Parise L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean Potvin D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Billy Harris R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Pat Price D 0 0 2 0 -0.23
Garry Howatt L 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 19 18 1 .947 60:00 1.05