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Saturday, January 26, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Whalers 2 at Islanders 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 96OVR Glenn Resch Islanders First Star 29 SV · .935 C 68OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders Second Star 1G · 3 SOG R 97OVR Mike Bossy Islanders Third Star 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:32 Anders Kallur (10) Bob Bourne (11), Billy Harris (10) HFD 0 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 0:48 Greg Carroll (7) Rick Ley (8), Dave Debol (4) HFD 1 – 1 NYI
  2. 1:21 Clark Gillies (13) Mike Bossy (21) HFD 1 – 2 NYI
  3. 2:18 Wayne Merrick (9) Bobby Nystrom (8), John Tonelli (22) HFD 1 – 3 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 5:55 Larry Giroux (1) Mark Howe (26) HFD 2 – 3 NYI

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Howe D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dave Debol C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Greg Carroll C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Larry Giroux D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Rick Ley D 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Brian Hill C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Bernie Johnston C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Keon C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tom Rowe R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Gordie Howe R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Boutette L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Al Sims D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mike Rogers C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith L 28 25 3 .893 59:20 0.25

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Mike Bossy R 0 1 6 0 1.08
Bob Bourne C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Clark Gillies L 1 0 2 0 0.90
Anders Kallur C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
John Tonelli L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Billy Harris R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dave Langevin D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Stefan Persson D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Steve Tambellini C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Garry Howatt L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Duane Sutter R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 31 29 2 .935 60:00 1.40