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Thursday, December 27, 1979 · Montreal Forum

Islanders 7 at Canadiens 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Mike Bossy Islanders First Star 3G · 7 SOG L 78OVR Clark Gillies Islanders Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders Third Star 43 SV · .935

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:05 Guy Lafleur (28) Guy Lapointe (17), Michel Larocque (1) NYI 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 18:36 Garry Howatt (4) Bobby Nystrom (2), Steve Tambellini (5) NYI 1 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 0:25 Mike Bossy (18) PPG Clark Gillies (14) NYI 2 – 1 MTL
  2. 3:33 Mike Bossy (19) Clark Gillies (15), Bryan Trottier (29) NYI 3 – 1 MTL
  3. 18:38 Clark Gillies (9) Steve Tambellini (6) NYI 4 – 1 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 0:11 Steve Shutt (19) PPG Guy Lapointe (18), Guy Lafleur (37) NYI 4 – 2 MTL
  2. 4:49 Mike Bossy (20) Unassisted NYI 5 – 2 MTL
  3. 6:53 Anders Kallur (8) Bob Bourne (9), Billy Harris (7) NYI 6 – 2 MTL
  4. 13:41 Bobby Nystrom (7) Wayne Merrick (9), John Tonelli (13) NYI 7 – 2 MTL
  5. 19:53 Pierre Larouche (27) Yvon Lambert (8), Mark Napier (12) NYI 7 – 3 MTL

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Bossy R 3 0 7 0 0 +3 0:00 3.23
Clark Gillies L 1 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.68
Bobby Nystrom R 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Steve Tambellini C 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Garry Howatt L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Anders Kallur C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Wayne Merrick C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bob Bourne C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.77
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
John Tonelli L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.30
Dave Langevin D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.30
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Jean Potvin D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 46 43 3 .935 60:00 2.05

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Guy Lafleur R 1 1 5 0 0 -1 0:00 1.60
Guy Lapointe D 0 2 10 0 0 -3 0:00 1.55
Pierre Larouche C 1 0 7 0 0 -1 0:00 1.13
Mark Napier R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Steve Shutt L 1 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Yvon Lambert L 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.25
Pierre Mondou C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Robinson D 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.07
Rod Langway D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Serge Savard D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bob Gainey L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Brian Engblom D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Rejean Houle L 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque L 24 17 7 .708 60:00 -3.55