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Wednesday, January 10, 1979 · Detroit Olympia

Islanders 5 at Red Wings 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 73OVR Nick Libett Red Wings First Star 2G · 4 SOG C 82OVR Dale McCourt Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:31 Bryan Trottier (30) PPG Stefan Persson (29), Denis Potvin (35) NYI 1 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 5:33 Dale McCourt (16) PPG Andre St. Laurent (17), Errol Thompson (21) NYI 1 – 1 DET
  2. 10:53 Bob Bourne (17) PPG Denis Potvin (36), Stefan Persson (30) NYI 2 – 1 DET
  3. 12:49 Wayne Merrick (9) John Tonelli (21) NYI 3 – 1 DET
  4. 13:41 Dan Bolduc (7) Larry Gloekner (1), Perry Miller (4) NYI 3 – 2 DET
  5. 17:44 Bryan Trottier (31) John Tonelli (22), Billy Harris (22) NYI 4 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 9:33 Mike Bossy (35) Clark Gillies (40), Dave Lewis (9) NYI 5 – 2 DET
  2. 17:21 Nick Libett (8) PPG Reed Larson (23), Dale McCourt (25) NYI 5 – 3 DET
  3. 17:43 Nick Libett (9) Greg Carroll (7), Vaclav Nedomansky (20) NYI 5 – 4 DET
  4. 18:54 Paul Woods (5) Bill Lochead (7) NYI 5 – 5 DET

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bryan Trottier C 2 0 5 +1 1.88
Denis Potvin D 0 2 3 +1 1.63
John Tonelli L 0 2 2 +1 1.40
Stefan Persson D 0 2 3 -2 1.03
Mike Bossy R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Dave Lewis D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Bob Bourne C 1 0 4 -1 0.75
Clark Gillies L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch T 34 29 5 .853 60:00 -0.85

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Nick Libett L 2 0 4 +1 1.95
Dale McCourt C 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Paul Woods C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Dan Bolduc R 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Larry Gloekner D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bill Lochead L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Greg Carroll C 0 1 1 +2 0.85
Reed Larson D 0 1 3 0 0.85
Perry Miller D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Andre St. Laurent C 0 1 3 -3 0.40
Errol Thompson L 0 1 2 -3 0.33
Willie Huber D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
John Hilworth D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 -3 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon T 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45