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Friday, March 2, 1979 · Omni Coliseum

Islanders 2 at Flames 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 92OVR Jean Pronovost Flames First Star 2G · 7 SOG D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Second Star 1G · 3 SOG C 65OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders Third Star 1G · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:08 Bob MacMillan (33) Guy Chouinard (47), Ed Kea (10) NYI 0 – 1 AFM
  2. 16:49 Jean Pronovost (22) Tom Lysiak (32), Willi Plett (17) NYI 0 – 2 AFM

2nd Period

  1. 9:01 Denis Potvin (23) SHG Unassisted NYI 1 – 2 AFM
  2. 14:19 Wayne Merrick (16) Bob Bourne (24) NYI 2 – 2 AFM

3rd Period

  1. 7:36 Jean Pronovost (23) PPG Eric Vail (37), Bobby Lalonde (28) NYI 2 – 3 AFM

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Denis Potvin D 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Bob Bourne C 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Mike Bossy R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 3 +1 0.00
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Clark Gillies L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Alex McKendry L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
John Tonelli L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch L 35 32 3 .914 60:00 0.95

Atlanta Flames

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jean Pronovost R 2 0 7 +1 2.03
Bob MacMillan R 1 0 2 0 0.90
Willi Plett R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Eric Vail L 0 1 5 -1 0.85
Ed Kea D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Tom Lysiak C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Guy Chouinard C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Bobby Lalonde C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Don Laurence C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Pat Ribble D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Bob Murdoch D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Ken Houston R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Clement C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Greg Fox D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Shand D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Marsh D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Harold Phillipoff L 0 0 2 0 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dan Bouchard W 17 15 2 .882 60:00 0.00