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Saturday, November 17, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Red Wings 5 at Islanders 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 89OVR Vaclav Nedomansky Red Wings First Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG R 97OVR Mike Bossy Islanders Second Star 2G · 5 SOG R 91OVR Mike Foligno Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:51 Willie Huber (3) PPG Peter Mahovlich (11) DET 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 15:01 Mike Bossy (11) PPG Clark Gillies (7), Stefan Persson (8) DET 1 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 3:17 Mike Foligno (5) Peter Mahovlich (12) DET 2 – 1 NYI
  2. 7:48 Vaclav Nedomansky (10) Dan Labraaten (10), Barry Long (3) DET 3 – 1 NYI
  3. 15:21 Bobby Nystrom (1) Denis Potvin (10), Stefan Persson (9) DET 3 – 2 NYI
  4. 17:36 John Tonelli (4) Dave Langevin (3), Wayne Merrick (3) DET 3 – 3 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 4:25 Dale McCourt (7) PPG Errol Thompson (3), Reed Larson (8) DET 4 – 3 NYI
  2. 5:11 Errol Thompson (8) PPG Mike Foligno (8), Vaclav Nedomansky (8) DET 5 – 3 NYI
  3. 11:54 Mike Bossy (12) Bryan Trottier (17), Dave Lewis (4) DET 5 – 4 NYI

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Vaclav Nedomansky C 1 1 7 0 0 +1 0:00 2.05
Mike Foligno R 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Errol Thompson L 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Peter Mahovlich C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Dale McCourt C 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Dan Labraaten L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Reed Larson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Willie Huber D 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Barry Long D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Dennis Sobchuk C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bill Hogaboam C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jean Hamel D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.23
Glenn Hicks L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Greg Joly D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 35 31 4 .886 60:00 0.10

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Bossy R 2 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.03
Stefan Persson D 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.33
Bobby Nystrom R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Denis Potvin D 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Clark Gillies L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Dave Langevin D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
John Tonelli L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Wayne Merrick C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Dave Lewis D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Steve Tambellini C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Garry Howatt L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Billy Harris R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Bourne C 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Anders Kallur C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith L 27 22 5 .815 60:00 -1.55