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Saturday, March 10, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Blackhawks 1 at Islanders 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 66OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders First Star 2G · 2A · 3 SOG G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders Second Star 35 SV · .972 R 62OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders Third Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:28 Wayne Merrick (17) PPG Stefan Persson (46), Denis Potvin (55) CHI 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 14:09 Lorne Henning (11) Ed Westfall (10), Bryan Trottier (64) CHI 0 – 2 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 8:01 Lorne Henning (12) Ed Westfall (11), Billy Harris (33) CHI 0 – 3 NYI
  2. 11:58 Garry Howatt (14) Bobby Nystrom (14), Wayne Merrick (15) CHI 0 – 4 NYI
  3. 19:06 Wayne Merrick (18) Garry Howatt (12), Bobby Nystrom (15) CHI 0 – 5 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 0:34 Mike Kaszycki (11) Denis Potvin (56), Bob Lorimer (13) CHI 0 – 6 NYI
  2. 3:04 Grant Mulvey (12) Bob Kelly (2), Reg Kerr (19) CHI 1 – 6 NYI
  3. 17:35 Bobby Nystrom (15) Wayne Merrick (16) CHI 1 – 7 NYI

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Grant Mulvey R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Reg Kerr C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Bob Kelly R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.48
Jean Savard C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Phil Russell D 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Mike O'connell D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
John Marks R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Mike Walton C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bob Hoffmeyer D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Alain Daigle R 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
J.P. Bordeleau R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Ted Bulley L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Bob Murray D 0 0 4 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.30
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 3 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.38
Darcy Rota L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
David Logan D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito L 33 26 7 .788 60:00 -2.65

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Merrick C 2 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 3.43
Bobby Nystrom R 1 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.45
Lorne Henning C 2 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.03
Denis Potvin D 0 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.85
Garry Howatt L 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Ed Westfall R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Bob Lorimer D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Stefan Persson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Mike Kaszycki C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.68
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0 +4 0:00 0.60
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
John Tonelli L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mike Bossy R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Pat Price D 0 0 5 0 0 +2 0:00 0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 36 35 1 .972 60:00 2.75