New York Islanders at Detroit Red Wings

Sun, Dec 17, 1978 · Detroit Olympia · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 0

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–0 on Sun, Dec 17, 1978 at Detroit Olympia. Billy Smith made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–21.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	3	27
DET	0	21

New York Islanders

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Billy Smith	W	21	21	0	1.000	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	John Taft	D	-1	0	0
28	Reed Larson	D	-1	0	2
7	Willie Huber	D	-1	0	2
19	Dan Bolduc	R	-2	0	1
10	Dale McCourt	C	-1	0	2
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	-1	0	1
15	Paul Woods	C	-1	2	3
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	-1	2	6
8	Dennis Polonich	C	-1	5	1
21	Dan Labraaten	L	-1	0	1
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0
3	Perry Miller	D	0	0	0
12	Errol Thompson	L	-1	0	0
4	Thommie Bergman	D	-2	0	0
29	John Hilworth	D	-1	0	1
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	1
18	Fern LeBlanc	C	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Rogie Vachon	L	27	24	3	.889	60:00