The New York Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on April 8, 1979.

Final

Islanders

51-15-14

5

Rangers

40-29-11

2

Team

NYI

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NYR

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers

Wayne Merrick (EV) assisted by Stefan Persson and Denis Potvin

2nd period

NYI

NYR

Bobby Nystrom (EV) unassisted

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Mario Marois and Walt Tkaczuk

3rd period

NYI

NYR

Mike Bossy (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier

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

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 (W) G. Resch	1	0	0	25	23	.920	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	2	1	3	-1	0	1	1	1	2	100.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Pat Price P. Price	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (L) J. Davidson	0	1	0	15	10	.667	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	1	2	+1	0	2	50.0