The Montreal Canadiens eked out a victory over the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, on December 10, 1978.

Final

Islanders

17-4-5

3

Canadiens

18-6-4

4

Team

NYI

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

MTL

Larry Robinson (EV) assisted by Doug Jarvis and Bob Gainey

Larry Robinson (EV) unassisted

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier

Pierre Mondou (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt and Guy Lafleur

Garry Howatt (EV) assisted by Lorne Henning and Ed Westfall

2nd period

NYI

MTL

Rejean Houle (EV) assisted by Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe

3rd period

NYI

MTL

Bryan Trottier (PP) assisted by Mike Bossy and Stefan Persson

Islanders

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (L) B. Smith	0	1	0	34	30	.882	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	21	18	.857	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	100.0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	1	1	+3	0	0	3	0.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	1	1	-1	0	0	6	0.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	2	1	3	+3	2	0	4	50.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	1	1	+2	0	0	4	0.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	0	0	-2	12	0	3	0.0