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Thursday, February 2, 1978 · Omni Coliseum

Islanders 5 at Flames 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 57OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 93OVR Bob MacMillan Flames Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:07 Bryan Trottier (33) PPG Denis Potvin (41) NYI 1 – 0 AFM

2nd Period

  1. 6:59 Bob Lorimer (1) Mike Kaszycki (17), Bob Bourne (20) NYI 2 – 0 AFM
  2. 11:34 Wayne Merrick (6) Unassisted NYI 3 – 0 AFM
  3. 12:21 Bob MacMillan (21) Bill Clement (23) NYI 3 – 1 AFM
  4. 13:42 Mike Bossy (36) PPG Stefan Persson (27), Clark Gillies (36) NYI 4 – 1 AFM
  5. 19:14 Denis Potvin (16) Wayne Merrick (9) NYI 5 – 1 AFM

3rd Period

  1. 19:46 Guy Chouinard (13) PPG Tom Lysiak (27) NYI 5 – 2 AFM

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Merrick C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Denis Potvin D 1 1 3 +1 1.60
Mike Bossy R 1 0 5 0 0.98
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Stefan Persson D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Bob Lorimer D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Bob Bourne C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Jude Drouin C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Pat Price D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garry Howatt L 0 0 3 +1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 25 23 2 .920 60:00 0.80

Atlanta Flames

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob MacMillan R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Guy Chouinard C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Bill Clement C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Tom Lysiak C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Eric Vail L 0 0 4 0 0.30
John Gould R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Dick Redmond D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Shand D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Miles Zaharko D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ken Houston R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rey Comeau C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pat Ribble D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Richard Mulhern D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Willi Plett R 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Bobby Simpson L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Ed Kea D 0 0 1 -1 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Yves Belanger L 34 29 5 .853 60:00 -0.85