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Sunday, December 17, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Islanders 3 at Red Wings 0

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 89OVR Billy Smith Islanders First Star 21 SV · 1.000 C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Second Star 1G · 4 SOG R 64OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders Third Star 1G · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:46 Bryan Trottier (18) Unassisted NYI 1 – 0 DET

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 14:02 Denis Potvin (13) Wayne Merrick (7), John Tonelli (15) NYI 2 – 0 DET
  2. 15:32 Bobby Nystrom (6) Clark Gillies (25), Stefan Persson (18) NYI 3 – 0 DET

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Bobby Nystrom R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 +1 0.93
John Tonelli L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Denis Potvin D 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Wayne Merrick C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Stefan Persson D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Pat Price D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Mike Bossy R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 21 21 0 1.000 60:00 2.10

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 6 -1 0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dale McCourt C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nick Libett L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fern LeBlanc C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Willie Huber D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Reed Larson D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Paul Woods C 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
John Hilworth D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Errol Thompson L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
John Taft D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 27 24 3 .889 60:00 0.15