Saturday, April 8, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rangers 2 at Islanders 7
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:18
Mike Kaszycki
(12)
Bobby Nystrom (27), Stefan Persson (48)
NYR 0 – 1 NYI
-
5:31
Clark Gillies
(34)
PPG
Mike Bossy (37), Denis Potvin (64)
NYR 0 – 2 NYI
-
9:17
Bob Bourne
(29)
Unassisted
NYR 0 – 3 NYI
-
12:50
Clark Gillies
(35)
Bryan Trottier (76)
NYR 0 – 4 NYI
-
18:03
Bobby Nystrom
(30)
Gerry Hart (22), Mike Kaszycki (28)
NYR 0 – 5 NYI
2nd Period
-
0:38
Mike Bossy
(53)
Bryan Trottier (77), Clark Gillies (49)
NYR 0 – 6 NYI
-
6:37
Mike Kaszycki
(13)
PPG
Stefan Persson (49), Bobby Nystrom (28)
NYR 0 – 7 NYI
3rd Period
-
5:41
Ron Greschner
(23)
Dallas Smith (4), Pat Hickey (32)
NYR 1 – 7 NYI
-
15:22
Ron Greschner
(24)
PPG
Pat Hickey (33), Steve Vickers (44)
NYR 2 – 7 NYI
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner D | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.88 |
| Pat Hickey L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Steve Vickers L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0.40 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.32 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Mark Heaslip R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Phil Esposito C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dan Newman R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Hickey L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Ron Duguay C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Lucien DeBlois C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Don Awrey D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Don Murdoch R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Mario Marois D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Wayne Dillon C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6:14 | -1.20 |
| Wayne Thomas | L | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 53:46 | -0.45 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gillies L | 2 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 2.73 |
| Mike Kaszycki C | 2 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 2.73 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2.68 |
| Mike Bossy R | 1 | 1 | 6 | +2 | 2.13 |
| Stefan Persson D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1.70 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.63 |
| Bob Bourne C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 1.35 |
| Denis Potvin D | 0 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 1.30 |
| Gerry Hart D | 0 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 1.23 |
| Dave Lewis D | 0 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 0.45 |
| Alex McKendry L | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Lorne Henning C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ed Westfall R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Billy Harris R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Pat Price D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Bert Marshall D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 | 1.10 |