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Saturday, April 7, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Flyers 2 at Islanders 9

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 99OVR Mike Bossy Islanders First Star 4G · 5 SOG R 62OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders Second Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG C 66OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders Third Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:23 Mike Bossy (64) Bob Lorimer (17), Bryan Trottier (84) PHI 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 14:06 Wayne Merrick (19) Bobby Nystrom (18), Bob Lorimer (18) PHI 0 – 2 NYI
  3. 18:33 Mike Bossy (65) John Tonelli (39), Bryan Trottier (85) PHI 0 – 3 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 4:18 Dennis Ververgaert (18) Ken Linseman (18), Bill Barber (46) PHI 1 – 3 NYI
  2. 13:02 Clark Gillies (35) Billy Harris (39), Dave Lewis (17) PHI 1 – 4 NYI
  3. 14:15 Mike Bossy (66) Dave Lewis (18), Pat Price (11) PHI 1 – 5 NYI
  4. 16:39 Bobby Nystrom (18) Bob Bourne (31), Wayne Merrick (19) PHI 1 – 6 NYI
  5. 19:20 Bill Barber (34) Dennis Ververgaert (24) PHI 2 – 6 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 4:23 Mike Bossy (67) PPG Bryan Trottier (86), Denis Potvin (68) PHI 2 – 7 NYI
  2. 6:41 Bob Bourne (29) Wayne Merrick (20), Bobby Nystrom (19) PHI 2 – 8 NYI
  3. 12:51 Bob Bourne (30) Wayne Merrick (21), Bobby Nystrom (20) PHI 2 – 9 NYI

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Barber L 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Ken Linseman C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Bob Dailey D 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Reggie Leach R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Andre Dupont D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Dave Hoyda L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mel Bridgman C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Paul Holmgren R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Al Hill L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bob Kelly L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Bobby Clarke C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Tom Gorence R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Blake Dunlop C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Jimmy Watson D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Behn Wilson D 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.68
Rick Lapointe D 0 0 1 0 0 -6 0:00 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Stephenson L 18 12 6 .667 40:00 -3.30
Robbie Moore — 16 13 3 .812 20:00 -0.95

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Bossy R 4 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 3.53
Bobby Nystrom R 1 3 3 0 0 +4 0:00 3.45
Wayne Merrick C 1 3 2 0 0 +4 0:00 3.38
Bob Bourne C 2 1 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.80
Bryan Trottier C 0 3 1 0 0 +1 0:00 2.10
Dave Lewis D 0 2 1 0 0 +5 0:00 1.93
Bob Lorimer D 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Denis Potvin D 0 1 9 0 0 +1 0:00 1.45
Clark Gillies L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Pat Price D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
John Tonelli L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Garry Howatt L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Lorne Henning C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 32 30 2 .938 60:00 1.50