NHL game summary from April 8, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (34-25-22) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
 New York Rangers (37-30-14) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Brad Park 1 (Jean Ratelle), 8:11 |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 1 (Nick Beverley, Brad Park), 19:25 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Billy Harris 1 (J.P. Parise, Jude Drouin), 5:00 - PP |
| NYI, | Jean Potvin 1 (Billy MacMillan, Bert Marshall), 11:51 | |
| NYI, | Clark Gillies 1 (Ed Westfall, Dave Lewis), 13:30 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bert Marshall, NYI [Tripping] 4:04 |
| Jerry Butler, NYR [Elbowing] 10:48 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 10:48 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Fighting] 10:48 | |
| J.P. Parise, NYI [Hooking] 14:21 | |
| 2: | Dave Lewis, NYI [Hi-sticking] 9:47 |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking] 9:47 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 15:27 | |
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Slashing] 15:45 | |
| Glenn Resch, NYI [Slashing] 15:45 | |
| 3: | Gerry Hart, NYI [Tripping] 1:39 |
| Gilles Marotte, NYR [Interference] 4:20 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:03 | |
| Ralph Stewart, NYI [Hooking] 16:55 |
Penalty time: NYI: 19 minutes
NYR: 15 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ralph Stewart | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Gilles Marotte | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Middleton | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Beverley | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 8- 7-10-25
NYR: 10-14- 7-31
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 1-0-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 17,500
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