New York Islanders at Detroit Red Wings

Sun, Apr 2, 1978 · Detroit Olympia · 1977–78 Regular Season

New York Islanders

5 – 2

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Sun, Apr 2, 1978 at Detroit Olympia. Bobby Nystrom led the way with 3 points. Glenn Resch made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–33.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	5	28
DET	2	33

New York Islanders

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
19	Dennis Hull	L	1	0	1	0	0	2
12	Errol Thompson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	1	1	+1	7	1
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3
25	Larry Wright	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Reed Larson	D	0	0	0	0	0	5
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
10	Dale McCourt	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	-2	2	4
24	Greg Joly	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3
11	Rick Bowness	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
2	Terry Harper	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3
4	Thommie Bergman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00