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Sunday, April 1, 1979 · Capital Centre

Islanders 4 at Capitals 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 99OVR Mike Bossy Islanders First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG C 99OVR Bryan Trottier Islanders Second Star 3A · 4 SOG D 97OVR Robert Picard Capitals Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:37 Dennis Maruk (30) SHG Leif Svensson (24) NYI 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 5:53 Yvon Labre (1) Blair Stewart (12), Ryan Walter (25) NYI 0 – 2 WSH
  3. 9:42 Robert Picard (21) PPG Guy Charron (42), Ryan Walter (26) NYI 0 – 3 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 7:12 Rolf Edberg (11) PPG Jack Lynch (5), Leif Svensson (25) NYI 0 – 4 WSH
  2. 8:06 Mike Bossy (62) PPG Bryan Trottier (79), Stefan Persson (54) NYI 1 – 4 WSH
  3. 13:15 Rolf Edberg (12) Dennis Maruk (56), Yvon Labre (10) NYI 1 – 5 WSH
  4. 19:56 Guy Charron (26) PPG Robert Picard (44), Mark Lofthouse (8) NYI 1 – 6 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 6:09 Clark Gillies (33) Bryan Trottier (80), Mike Bossy (53) NYI 2 – 6 WSH
  2. 7:49 Mike Kaszycki (16) John Tonelli (38), Billy Harris (38) NYI 3 – 6 WSH
  3. 17:27 Mike Bossy (63) PPG Clark Gillies (55), Bryan Trottier (81) NYI 4 – 6 WSH

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Bossy R 2 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.50
Bryan Trottier C 0 3 4 0 0 0 0:00 2.18
Clark Gillies L 1 1 7 0 0 0 0:00 1.90
Mike Kaszycki C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
John Tonelli L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Stefan Persson D 0 1 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Denis Potvin D 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Dave Lewis D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Garry Howatt L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Pat Price D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch L 26 23 3 .885 50:18 0.05
Billy Smith — 8 5 3 .625 9:42 -1.75

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Robert Picard D 1 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.13
Dennis Maruk C 1 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.05
Rolf Edberg C 2 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.95
Leif Svensson D 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Yvon Labre D 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.68
Guy Charron C 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Ryan Walter C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Blair Stewart L 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Mark Lofthouse R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Jack Lynch D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Rick Green D 0 0 6 0 0 -1 0:00 0.30
Bob Girard L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Chuck Arnason R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ron Lalonde C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gord Lane D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Bedard W 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20