Tuesday, December 26, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Maple Leafs 1 at Islanders 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:56
John Tonelli
(9)
Wayne Merrick (9), Billy Harris (15)
TOR 0 – 1 NYI
-
6:39
Clark Gillies
(11)
PPG
Stefan Persson (21), Mike Bossy (19)
TOR 0 – 2 NYI
-
11:13
Clark Gillies
(12)
PPG
Denis Potvin (28), Mike Bossy (20)
TOR 0 – 3 NYI
2nd Period
-
9:19
Bryan Trottier
(25)
Denis Potvin (29), Clark Gillies (30)
TOR 0 – 4 NYI
-
11:09
Darryl Sittler
(19)
Lanny McDonald (24)
TOR 1 – 4 NYI
3rd Period
-
4:13
Garry Howatt
(9)
Stefan Persson (22), Denis Potvin (30)
TOR 1 – 5 NYI
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Sittler C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Lanny McDonald R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Borje Salming D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Dan Maloney L | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Ron Ellis R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| John Anderson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Lorne Stamler L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pat Boutette L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Garry Monahan L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Bruce Boudreau C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Ian Turnbull D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Dave Hutchison D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jimmy Jones C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Dave Williams L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
| Trevor Johansen D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Dave Burrows D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Palmateer | L | 51 | 46 | 5 | .902 | 60:00 | 0.85 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Potvin D | 0 | 3 | 10 | +2 | 2.93 |
| Clark Gillies L | 2 | 1 | 7 | +1 | 2.80 |
| Mike Bossy R | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.78 |
| Stefan Persson D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 1 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 1.43 |
| Billy Harris R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| John Tonelli L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Garry Howatt L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.60 |
| Gerry Hart D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Bob Bourne C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Dave Lewis D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Ed Westfall R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Kaszycki C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bob Lorimer D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bert Marshall D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 60:00 | 1.15 |