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Tuesday, December 5, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Penguins 3 at Islanders 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 91OVR Denis Herron Penguins First Star 42 SV · .933 D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 6:54 Blair Chapman (3) Peter Mahovlich (16), Dave Schultz (5) PIT 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 7:12 Denis Potvin (11) Bryan Trottier (15), Clark Gillies (17) PIT 1 – 1 NYI
  3. 7:33 Mike Bossy (17) PPG Bryan Trottier (16), Denis Potvin (21) PIT 1 – 2 NYI
  4. 12:28 Jacques Cossette (4) Unassisted PIT 2 – 2 NYI
  5. 14:29 Bob Bourne (10) Billy Harris (13), Mike Kaszycki (10) PIT 2 – 3 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 3:40 Ron Stackhouse (6) Randy Carlyle (8), Ross Lonsberry (9) PIT 3 – 3 NYI

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Randy Carlyle D 0 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.23
Blair Chapman R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Ron Stackhouse D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Ross Lonsberry L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Dave Schultz L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Jacques Cossette R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Rick Kehoe R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Wayne Bianchin R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Orest Kindrachuk C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Tom Bladon D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Greg Malone C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Peter Lee R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
George Ferguson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dale Tallon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rod Schutt L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron T 45 42 3 .933 60:00 1.95

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denis Potvin D 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Bryan Trottier C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Clark Gillies L 0 1 9 0 0 0 0:00 1.30
Bob Bourne C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Mike Bossy R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Billy Harris R 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Dave Lewis D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Stefan Persson D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
John Tonelli L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bert Marshall D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch T 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25