New York Rangers at New York Islanders

Sat, Mar 17, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Rangers

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Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sat, Mar 17, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Bryan Trottier led the way with 3 points. Glenn Resch made 39 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 41–23.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	2	41
NYI	5	23

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	0	0	5
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	1	1	0	2	2
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	0	2	2
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	0	1	0	0	3
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	0	0	5
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	2	2
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	0	0	5
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	2	2
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Doug Soetaert	L	18	13	5	.722	40:00
1	Wayne Thomas		5	5	0	1.000	20:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
19	Bryan Trottier	C	0	3	3	0	0	2
7	Stefan Persson	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2
27	John Tonelli	L	0	2	2	0	2	1
5	Denis Potvin	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3
14	Bob Bourne	C	0	1	1	0	5	2
9	Clark Gillies	L	0	1	1	0	0	2
21	Mike Kaszycki	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
8	Garry Howatt	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1
22	Mike Bossy	R	1	0	1	0	0	3
6	Bert Marshall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
25	Dave Lewis	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
3	Pat Price	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
4	Bob Lorimer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
23	Bobby Nystrom	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1
15	Billy Harris	R	0	0	0	0	4	1
11	Wayne Merrick	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1
10	Lorne Henning	C	0	0	0	0	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00