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Thursday, January 25, 1979 · Boston Garden

Islanders 4 at Bruins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Mike Bossy Islanders First Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders Second Star 28 SV · .933 L 97OVR Clark Gillies Islanders Third Star 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:02 Wayne Cashman (14) Dwight Foster (4) NYI 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 18:54 Bryan Trottier (34) Pat Price (6), Mike Bossy (31) NYI 1 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 7:47 Ed Westfall (3) Bob Bourne (17) NYI 2 – 1 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 5:39 Mike Bossy (38) Clark Gillies (45) NYI 3 – 1 BOS
  2. 7:12 Bobby Schmautz (13) SHG Jean Ratelle (27) NYI 3 – 2 BOS
  3. 19:27 Garry Howatt (12) Wayne Merrick (12), Dave Lewis (12) NYI 4 – 2 BOS

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Bossy R 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Bryan Trottier C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Garry Howatt L 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Ed Westfall R 1 0 1 0 0.83
Wayne Merrick C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Bob Bourne C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dave Lewis D 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Pat Price D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Mike Hordy D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 30 28 2 .933 60:00 1.30

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Cashman L 1 0 5 0 0.98
Dwight Foster R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bobby Schmautz R 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Jean Ratelle C 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Rick Middleton R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Bob Miller C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Mike Milbury D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Rick Smith D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Thomas Songin R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Secord L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Terry O'Reilly R 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Dick Redmond D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gary Doak D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Al Sims D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
John Wensink L 0 0 2 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers L 16 13 3 .812 59:53 -0.95