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Saturday, November 25, 1978 · Pacific Coliseum

Islanders 5 at Canucks 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders First Star 3A · 4 SOG C 87OVR Bob Bourne Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 66OVR Don Lever Canucks Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:56 Bob Bourne (9) Lorne Henning (7), Denis Potvin (17) NYI 1 – 0 VAN
  2. 16:22 Wayne Merrick (3) Bert Marshall (3), Garry Howatt (3) NYI 2 – 0 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 1:33 Don Lever (5) Jack McIlhargey (3), Dennis Kearns (6) NYI 2 – 1 VAN
  2. 11:14 Bryan Trottier (10) Clark Gillies (12), Bert Marshall (4) NYI 3 – 1 VAN
  3. 14:58 Don Lever (6) Thomas Gradin (9) NYI 3 – 2 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 5:17 Mike Bossy (14) PPG Clark Gillies (13), Denis Potvin (18) NYI 4 – 2 VAN
  2. 6:41 Lorne Henning (5) SHG Bob Bourne (9), Denis Potvin (19) NYI 5 – 2 VAN

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denis Potvin D 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.48
Bob Bourne C 1 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.20
Lorne Henning C 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Clark Gillies L 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.48
Mike Bossy R 1 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 1.20
Bert Marshall D 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.10
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Garry Howatt L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Richie Hansen C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Stefan Persson D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Pat Price D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
John Tonelli L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 27 25 2 .926 60:00 1.00

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Lever C 2 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.80
Jack McIlhargey D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Thomas Gradin C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Pit Martin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Hilliard Graves R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jere Gillis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Roland Eriksson C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bill Derlago C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Lars Lindgren D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Curt Fraser L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 -0.23
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glen Hanlon L 43 38 5 .884 60:00 0.05