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Friday, November 17, 1978 · Capital Centre

Islanders 4 at Capitals 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 59OVR Lorne Henning Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 63OVR Mark Lofthouse Capitals Second Star 1G · 3 SOG RC C 75OVR Richie Hansen Islanders Third Star 1G · 1 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:32 Mark Lofthouse (4) Dennis Maruk (7), Gerry Meehan (4) NYI 0 – 1 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 8:42 Tom Rowe (9) Unassisted NYI 0 – 2 WSH
  2. 11:59 Richie Hansen (1) Lorne Henning (3) NYI 1 – 2 WSH
  3. 12:14 Mike Bossy (9) Bob Bourne (6), Clark Gillies (10) NYI 2 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 5:08 Lorne Henning (3) Unassisted NYI 3 – 2 WSH
  2. 11:44 Denis Potvin (8) PPG Unassisted NYI 4 – 2 WSH

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lorne Henning C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Richie Hansen C 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Mike Bossy R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Denis Potvin D 1 0 5 -1 0.83
Bob Bourne C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
John Tonelli L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Price D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 2 +1 -0.08
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 28 26 2 .929 59:45 1.10

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Lofthouse R 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Dennis Maruk C 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Gerry Meehan C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Tom Rowe R 1 0 5 -1 0.83
Leif Svensson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Guy Charron C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Sirois R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Peter Scamurra D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bill Riley R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rolf Edberg C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bob Girard L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gord Lane D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Greg Carroll C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Rick Green D 0 0 3 0 -0.15
Jack Lynch D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Robert Picard D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bernie Wolfe L 31 27 4 .871 58:15 -0.30