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Sunday, March 18, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Islanders 5 at North Stars 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 84OVR John Tonelli Islanders First Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG R 99OVR Mike Bossy Islanders Second Star 3A · 3 SOG C 89OVR Bob Bourne Islanders Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:52 Bryan Trottier (44) Mike Bossy (49), John Tonelli (35) NYI 1 – 0 MNS
  2. 6:30 Bob Bourne (25) Clark Gillies (52), Mike Kaszycki (17) NYI 2 – 0 MNS
  3. 7:33 Bob Bourne (26) Clark Gillies (53), Denis Potvin (61) NYI 3 – 0 MNS
  4. 9:56 Al MacAdam (22) Fred Barrett (5), Bobby Smith (36) NYI 3 – 1 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 5:17 Kris Manery (15) PPG Mike Fidler (23), Per-Olov Brasar (26) NYI 3 – 2 MNS
  2. 18:17 John Tonelli (16) Mike Bossy (50), Bryan Trottier (74) NYI 4 – 2 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 2:01 Denis Potvin (29) John Tonelli (36), Mike Bossy (51) NYI 5 – 2 MNS
  2. 4:34 Jean Potvin (5) SHG Tim Young (31), Fred Barrett (6) NYI 5 – 3 MNS

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Tonelli L 1 2 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.75
Mike Bossy R 0 3 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.55
Bob Bourne C 2 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.03
Denis Potvin D 1 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Bryan Trottier C 1 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.83
Clark Gillies L 0 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.33
Mike Kaszycki C 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.45
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Stefan Persson D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Pat Price D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 43 40 3 .930 60:00 1.75

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Al MacAdam R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Fred Barrett D 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.10
Bobby Smith C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 1 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.85
Jean Potvin D 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Tim Young C 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Kris Manery R 1 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.45
Mike Fidler L 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.33
Steve Payne L 0 0 7 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
J.P. Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Polich C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bill Butters D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Greg Smith D 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Brad Maxwell D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche L 26 22 4 .846 55:00 -0.80
Gary Edwards — 5 4 1 .800 4:55 -0.35