New York Rangers at New York Islanders

Sat, Oct 21, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Rangers

3 – 5

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sat, Oct 21, 1978 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. John Tonelli led the way with 3 points. Glenn Resch made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–25.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	3	25
NYI	5	25

New York Rangers

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	20	15	5	.750	47:42
33	Doug Soetaert		5	5	0	1.000	12:10

New York Islanders

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	W	25	22	3	.880	60:00