The New York Rangers squeaked out a win over the New York Islanders, 5 to 4, on December 9, 1979.

Final

Islanders

9-13-4

4

Rangers

12-13-4

5

Team

NYI

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NYR

Barry Beck (PP) assisted by Don Murdoch and Phil Esposito

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Glenn Resch

Dean Talafous (EV) assisted by Dave Maloney

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Dave Langevin

2nd period

NYI

NYR

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Don Murdoch

Anders Kallur (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Dave Langevin

Don Maloney (EV) assisted by Phil Esposito and Ron Greschner

3rd period

NYI

NYR

Bob Bourne (PP) assisted by Clark Gillies and Bryan Trottier

Anders Hedberg (PP) assisted by Steve Vickers and Barry Beck

Islanders

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Resch (L) G. Resch	0	1	0	32	27	.844	5	5.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	33.3
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	1	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	50.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	3	3	+1	0	0	1	5	0.0
Yvon Vautour Y. Vautour	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Baker (W) S. Baker	1	0	0	27	23	.852	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Frank Beaton F. Beaton	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Beck B. Beck	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	3	33.3
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	20.0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	5	20.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Warren Miller W. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0