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Saturday, March 4, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Penguins 3 at Islanders 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 96OVR Clark Gillies Islanders First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG D 87OVR Stefan Persson Islanders Second Star 3A · 2 SOG RC C 82OVR Greg Malone Penguins Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:07 Tom Edur (8) Greg Malone (29) PIT 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 12:37 Clark Gillies (28) PPG Pat Price (10), Stefan Persson (39) PIT 1 – 1 NYI
  3. 12:58 Wayne Bianchin (16) Jean Pronovost (20), Peter Mahovlich (30) PIT 2 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 5:30 Clark Gillies (29) Stefan Persson (40), Gerry Hart (16) PIT 2 – 2 NYI
  2. 8:52 Blair Chapman (14) Dave Schultz (19), Greg Malone (30) PIT 3 – 2 NYI
  3. 19:36 Garry Howatt (5) Wayne Merrick (15), Billy Harris (35) PIT 3 – 3 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 6:18 Mike Bossy (46) PPG Denis Potvin (53), Stefan Persson (41) PIT 3 – 4 NYI
  2. 9:19 Lorne Henning (9) Clark Gillies (42), Ed Westfall (12) PIT 3 – 5 NYI
  3. 10:52 Wayne Merrick (9) Billy Harris (36) PIT 3 – 6 NYI

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Greg Malone C 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Blair Chapman R 1 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.35
Wayne Bianchin R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Tom Edur D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.68
Dave Schultz L 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.55
Jean Pronovost R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Peter Lee R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Rick Kehoe R 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
Brian Spencer L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Paradise D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Flesch R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ron Stackhouse D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gene Carr C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Colin Campbell D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron L 38 32 6 .842 60:00 -1.30

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Clark Gillies L 2 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.73
Stefan Persson D 0 3 2 0 0 0 0:00 2.03
Billy Harris R 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Wayne Merrick C 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.45
Mike Bossy R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Garry Howatt L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Lorne Henning C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Ed Westfall R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Pat Price D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Gerry Hart D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Denis Potvin D 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Dave Lewis D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.23
Bob Bourne C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jude Drouin C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05