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Thursday, December 14, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Red Wings 1 at Islanders 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 89OVR Billy Smith Islanders First Star 36 SV · .973 D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Second Star 3A · 3 SOG C 89OVR Bob Bourne Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:35 Bob Bourne (11) Lorne Henning (12), Stefan Persson (17) DET 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 18:13 John Hilworth (1) Dale McCourt (20), Reed Larson (15) DET 1 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 1:41 Billy Harris (9) Denis Potvin (22), Bob Bourne (13) DET 1 – 2 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 5:45 Dave Lewis (1) Denis Potvin (23), Bryan Trottier (23) DET 1 – 3 NYI
  2. 11:59 Stefan Persson (5) PPG Denis Potvin (24), Mike Bossy (14) DET 1 – 4 NYI

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Hilworth D 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Dale McCourt C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Reed Larson D 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.45
Errol Thompson L 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Perry Miller D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bill Lochead L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Willie Huber D 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
John Taft D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mal Davis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 32 28 4 .875 60:00 -0.20

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denis Potvin D 0 3 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.25
Bob Bourne C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Stefan Persson D 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Mike Bossy R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Dave Lewis D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Billy Harris R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Lorne Henning C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Clark Gillies L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Pat Price D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
John Tonelli L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
Garry Howatt L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 37 36 1 .973 60:00 2.85