New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Tue, May 8, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1978–79 Playoffs

New York Islanders

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Tue, May 8, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. John Davidson made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–27.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	1	22
NYR	2	27

New York Islanders

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	L	27	25	2	.926	59:18

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0
12	Don Maloney	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
25	Mario Marois	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	0	1	+1	2	6
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	2	1
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	3
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Bobby Sheehan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	John Davidson	W	22	21	1	.955	59:37