Saturday, January 28, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rangers 2 at Islanders 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:21
Mike Bossy
(32)
PPG
Clark Gillies (35), Denis Potvin (36)
NYR 0 – 1 NYI
2nd Period
-
7:08
Billy Harris
(12)
Lorne Henning (7), Wayne Merrick (6)
NYR 0 – 2 NYI
-
7:53
Ron Duguay
(9)
Don Murdoch (21)
NYR 1 – 2 NYI
-
9:55
Bryan Trottier
(32)
Mike Bossy (24), Stefan Persson (24)
NYR 1 – 3 NYI
-
12:21
Clark Gillies
(23)
PPG
Denis Potvin (37), Bryan Trottier (48)
NYR 1 – 4 NYI
3rd Period
-
2:45
Mike Bossy
(33)
Bryan Trottier (49)
NYR 1 – 5 NYI
-
10:05
Denis Potvin
(15)
Wayne Merrick (7), Gerry Hart (13)
NYR 1 – 6 NYI
-
12:14
Walt Tkaczuk
(19)
Lucien DeBlois (5)
NYR 2 – 6 NYI
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Murdoch R | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Ron Duguay C | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.75 |
| Lucien DeBlois C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.53 |
| Steve Vickers L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Phil Esposito C | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Ron Greschner D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.08 |
| Don Awrey D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Dillon C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Polis R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Benoit Gosselin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Pat Hickey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Nick Fotiu L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Eddie Johnstone R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | L | 43 | 37 | 6 | .860 | 60:00 | -0.80 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy R | 2 | 1 | 12 | +1 | 3.18 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 1 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 2.45 |
| Denis Potvin D | 1 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2.38 |
| Clark Gillies L | 1 | 1 | 8 | +1 | 2.13 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1.63 |
| Billy Harris R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.28 |
| Gerry Hart D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.93 |
| Lorne Henning C | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Stefan Persson D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Bert Marshall D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Dave Lewis D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Michel Bergeron R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jude Drouin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Kaszycki C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Garry Howatt L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.38 |
| Bob Bourne C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 | 1.50 |