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Monday, January 22, 1979 · Chicago Stadium

Islanders 2 at Blackhawks 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 97OVR Tony Esposito Blackhawks First Star 29 SV · .935 G 89OVR Billy Smith Islanders Second Star 18 SV · .947 D 44OVR Doug Hicks Blackhawks Third Star 1G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:07 Doug Hicks (1) Tim Higgins (10), Ivan Boldirev (22) NYI 0 – 1 CHI
  2. 5:34 Bob Bourne (19) PPG Mike Bossy (30), Clark Gillies (44) NYI 1 – 1 CHI

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 8:35 Garry Howatt (11) Bobby Nystrom (10) NYI 2 – 1 CHI

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bob Bourne C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Mike Bossy R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Garry Howatt L 1 0 1 0 0.68
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Gerry Hart D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Bert Marshall D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Stefan Persson D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Pat Price D 0 0 2 +1 -0.08
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 19 18 1 .947 60:00 1.05

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Doug Hicks D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Ivan Boldirev C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Tim Higgins R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Reg Kerr C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Doug Wilson D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Phil Russell D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike O'connell D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Darcy Rota L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Alain Daigle R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Stan Mikita C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Grant Mulvey R 0 0 2 0 0.00
David Logan D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Murray D 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Marks R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Bob Kelly R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Ted Bulley L 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito L 31 29 2 .935 59:10 1.40