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Sunday, April 2, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Islanders 5 at Red Wings 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 84OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG C 54OVR Lorne Henning Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 47OVR Ed Westfall Islanders Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:52 Wayne Merrick (12) Unassisted NYI 1 – 0 DET
  2. 5:36 Errol Thompson (22) Dennis Polonich (19), Andre St. Laurent (38) NYI 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 14:20 Bobby Nystrom (27) Bob Bourne (32), Mike Kaszycki (27) NYI 2 – 1 DET

3rd Period

  1. 9:14 Lorne Henning (12) Ed Westfall (17), Bobby Nystrom (26) NYI 3 – 1 DET
  2. 9:31 Bobby Nystrom (28) Lorne Henning (13), Ed Westfall (18) NYI 4 – 1 DET
  3. 10:32 Dennis Hull (5) Vaclav Nedomansky (15) NYI 4 – 2 DET
  4. 17:25 Bryan Trottier (45) PPG Denis Potvin (62), Mike Bossy (35) NYI 5 – 2 DET

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Nystrom R 2 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.43
Lorne Henning C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Ed Westfall R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Bob Bourne C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Denis Potvin D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Pat Price D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Mike Bossy R 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Bert Marshall D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Alex McKendry L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Clark Gillies L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 33 31 2 .939 60:00 1.60

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Andre St. Laurent C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Errol Thompson L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Dennis Hull L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Reed Larson D 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Dennis Polonich C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.32
Nick Libett L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Larry Wright C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dale McCourt C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Rick Bowness R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Greg Joly D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Paul Woods C 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Jean Hamel D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45