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Saturday, December 8, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Islanders 6 at Maple Leafs 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders First Star 34 SV · .971 D 42OVR Jean Potvin Islanders Second Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG C 68OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:45 Bryan Trottier (17) Anders Kallur (10), John Tonelli (11) NYI 1 – 0 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 3:33 Bobby Nystrom (3) Dave Lewis (5) NYI 2 – 0 TOR
  2. 7:14 Wayne Merrick (3) Garry Howatt (3), Jean Potvin (8) NYI 3 – 0 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 6:34 Duane Sutter (3) Jean Potvin (9), Billy Harris (5) NYI 4 – 0 TOR
  2. 10:21 Anders Kallur (4) Bryan Trottier (23) NYI 5 – 0 TOR
  3. 13:13 Paul Gardner (8) Unassisted NYI 5 – 1 TOR
  4. 13:58 Jean Potvin (2) PPG Bob Bourne (8), Wayne Merrick (5) NYI 6 – 1 TOR

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jean Potvin D 1 2 4 +2 2.60
Wayne Merrick C 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Anders Kallur C 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Bryan Trottier C 1 1 2 +1 1.53
Duane Sutter R 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Billy Harris R 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Dave Lewis D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
John Tonelli L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bobby Nystrom R 1 0 2 +2 0.90
Bob Bourne C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Garry Howatt L 0 1 1 +2 0.63
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Clark Gillies L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dave Langevin D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Mike Bossy R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Randy Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 35 34 1 .971 60:00 2.65

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Paul Gardner C 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Lanny McDonald R 0 0 6 +1 0.60
John Anderson R 0 0 5 0 0.38
Borje Salming D 0 0 7 -1 0.38
Laurie Boschman C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 5 -1 0.08
Rocky Saganiuk R 0 0 3 0 0.07
Pat Boutette L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Dave Hutchison D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Williams L 0 0 0 +1 -0.23
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Greg Hotham D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Walt McKechnie C 0 0 1 -5 -0.68
Ron Ellis R 0 0 0 -5 -0.75
Dan Maloney L 0 0 0 -5 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer L 25 19 6 .760 60:00 -2.60