New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Sun, Apr 8, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Islanders

5 – 2

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sun, Apr 8, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Mike Bossy led the way with 3 points. Glenn Resch made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 15–25.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	5	15
NYR	2	25

New York Islanders

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00

New York Rangers

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	John Davidson	L	15	10	5	.667	60:00