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Sunday, April 9, 1978 · Boston Garden

Islanders 5 at Bruins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 84OVR Bob Bourne Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 50OVR Lorne Henning Islanders Second Star 2A · 1 SOG R 82OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders Third Star 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:18 Ed Westfall (5) Gerry Hart (23), Lorne Henning (14) NYI 1 – 0 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 0:45 Denis Potvin (30) Mike Kaszycki (29), Bob Bourne (33) NYI 2 – 0 BOS
  2. 7:03 Brad Park (22) Gregg Sheppard (36), Wayne Cashman (38) NYI 2 – 1 BOS
  3. 17:56 John Wensink (16) Terry O'Reilly (61), Dennis O'Brien (10) NYI 2 – 2 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 6:59 Bob Bourne (30) Bobby Nystrom (29) NYI 3 – 2 BOS
  2. 7:37 Bryan Trottier (46) PPG Mike Bossy (38), Clark Gillies (50) NYI 4 – 2 BOS
  3. 9:31 Dave Lewis (3) Stefan Persson (50), Lorne Henning (15) NYI 5 – 2 BOS

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob Bourne C 1 1 5 +2 2.05
Lorne Henning C 0 2 1 0 1.33
Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Stefan Persson D 0 1 0 +3 1.08
Dave Lewis D 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Ed Westfall R 1 0 2 0 0.90
Denis Potvin D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Gerry Hart D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Clark Gillies L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Mike Bossy R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Billy Harris R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Alex McKendry L 0 0 3 0 0.07
Jude Drouin C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Price D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gregg Sheppard C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
John Wensink L 1 0 5 0 0.98
Brad Park D 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Dennis O'Brien D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Terry O'Reilly R 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Wayne Cashman L 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Gary Doak D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike Milbury D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bobby Schmautz R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Miller C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Rick Middleton R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Peter McNab C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Al Sims D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Grahame L 22 17 5 .773 60:00 -2.05