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Saturday, March 17, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Rangers 2 at Islanders 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders First Star 39 SV · .951 C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Second Star 3A · 2 SOG D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:15 Garry Howatt (16) Denis Potvin (60), Glenn Resch (1) NYR 0 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 2:34 Mike Bossy (58) John Tonelli (33), Bryan Trottier (71) NYR 0 – 2 NYI
  2. 3:06 Mike Kaszycki (14) PPG Bob Bourne (29), Clark Gillies (51) NYR 0 – 3 NYI
  3. 5:23 Denis Potvin (28) PPG Bryan Trottier (72), Stefan Persson (49) NYR 0 – 4 NYI
  4. 8:33 Stefan Persson (10) PPG John Tonelli (34), Bryan Trottier (73) NYR 0 – 5 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 14:47 Mike McEwen (17) Ron Duguay (30), Pat Hickey (39) NYR 1 – 5 NYI
  2. 17:27 Walt Tkaczuk (14) PPG Phil Esposito (34), Carol Vadnais (34) NYR 2 – 5 NYI

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ron Duguay C 0 1 5 0 1.00
Mike McEwen D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 0 2 0 0.75
Phil Esposito C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Pat Hickey L 0 1 2 0 0.63
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Dean Talafous C 0 0 5 0 0.38
Dave Farrish D 0 0 5 0 0.38
Don Murdoch R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Pierre Plante R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mario Marois D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Steve Vickers L 0 0 2 0 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 2 0 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Maloney D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Don Maloney L 0 0 0 -1 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas — 5 5 0 1.000 20:00 0.50
Doug Soetaert L 18 13 5 .722 40:00 -2.45

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bryan Trottier C 0 3 2 0 2.03
Denis Potvin D 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Stefan Persson D 1 1 2 +1 1.53
John Tonelli L 0 2 1 0 1.18
Mike Bossy R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Mike Kaszycki C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Garry Howatt L 1 0 1 +1 0.83
Clark Gillies L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Bob Bourne C 0 1 2 0 0.40
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Pat Price D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 41 39 2 .951 60:00 2.40