The Colorado Rockies were defeated by the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on December 2, 1978.

Final

Islanders

15-3-4

5

Rockies

4-16-5

2

Team

NYI

CLR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

CLR

Wayne Merrick (EV) assisted by Bobby Nystrom

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Denis Potvin and Dave Lewis

2nd period

NYI

CLR

Bryan Trottier (EV) assisted by Dave Lewis and Clark Gillies

Jack Valiquette (EV) assisted by Randy Pierce and Wilf Paiement

3rd period

NYI

CLR

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Clark Gillies and Bryan Trottier

Jack Valiquette (PP) assisted by Wilf Paiement and John Van Boxmeer

Billy Harris (EV) assisted by Gerry Hart and Bob Lorimer

Islanders

Rockies

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Rockies

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	25	23	.920	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	+3	0	0	1	100.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	2	2	+2	2	0	3	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	1	1	+3	0	0	3	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	+3	0	1	5	20.0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Michel Plasse (L) M. Plasse	0	1	0	26	21	.808	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Don Awrey D. Awrey	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0
Barry Beck B. Beck	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rey Comeau R. Comeau	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Joe Contini J. Contini	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gary Croteau G. Croteau	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Delorme R. Delorme	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Paul Gardner P. Gardner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ralph Klassen R. Klassen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Owchar D. Owchar	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clayton Pachal C. Pachal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Randy Pierce R. Pierce	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Andy Spruce A. Spruce	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jack Valiquette J. Valiquette	2	0	2	-1	0	1	0	3	66.7
John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	8	0.0