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Wednesday, February 1, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Islanders 7 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 58OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders First Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG R 84OVR Billy Harris Islanders Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Third Star 3A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:18 Billy Harris (13) SHG Denis Potvin (38) NYI 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 15:27 Wayne Merrick (4) Unassisted NYI 2 – 0 NYR
  3. 18:04 Ron Duguay (10) Dave Farrish (1), Jerry Byers (1) NYI 2 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 6:00 Garry Howatt (2) Billy Harris (25), Wayne Merrick (8) NYI 3 – 1 NYR
  2. 8:04 Walt Tkaczuk (20) Pat Hickey (16), Steve Vickers (29) NYI 3 – 2 NYR
  3. 9:05 Bob Bourne (18) Mike Kaszycki (16) NYI 4 – 2 NYR
  4. 17:26 Steve Vickers (12) PPG Phil Esposito (32), Lucien DeBlois (6) NYI 4 – 3 NYR
  5. 19:18 Stefan Persson (5) Mike Bossy (25), Denis Potvin (39) NYI 5 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 6:14 Dave Farrish (1) Unassisted NYI 5 – 4 NYR
  2. 10:19 Bobby Nystrom (16) Denis Potvin (40), Bob Bourne (19) NYI 6 – 4 NYR
  3. 13:10 Wayne Merrick (5) PPG Billy Harris (26), Stefan Persson (26) NYI 7 – 4 NYR
  4. 16:44 Pat Hickey (26) PPG Carol Vadnais (29) NYI 7 – 5 NYR
  5. 17:16 Carol Vadnais (4) PPG Ron Duguay (12) NYI 7 – 6 NYR

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Merrick C 2 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 2.88
Billy Harris R 1 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.68
Denis Potvin D 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.48
Bob Bourne C 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Garry Howatt L 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Stefan Persson D 1 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.85
Bobby Nystrom R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.60
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Mike Bossy R 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Pat Price D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Jude Drouin C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Clark Gillies L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 27 23 4 .852 56:02 -0.70
Billy Smith — 4 2 2 .500 3:58 -1.30

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Farrish D 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Ron Duguay C 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Steve Vickers L 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Pat Hickey L 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Carol Vadnais D 1 1 6 0 0 -1 0:00 1.30
Lucien DeBlois C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Jerry Byers L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.60
Phil Esposito C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Ron Greschner D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dallas Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Maloney D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Awrey D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Dan Newman R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas L 36 29 7 .806 59:36 -2.35