NHL game summary from January 18, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (25-10-8) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
 Minnesota North Stars (9-28-5) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1: NYI, Mike Bossy 28 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 3:52
MIN, Tim Young 8 (Per-Olov Brasar, Fred Barrett), 5:26
2: NYI, Stefan Persson 3 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier), 8:43
NYI, Denis Potvin 13 (Billy Harris, Garry Howatt), 16:01
NYI, Clark Gillies 20 (Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy), 19:56
3: NYI, Mike Bossy 29 (Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson), 4:32 - PP
MIN, Steve Jensen 10 (Roland Eriksson, Nick Beverley), 15:20 - PP
Penalties:
1: Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 13:20
Bert Marshall, NYI [Interference] 14:22
2: Clark Gillies, NYI [Hooking] 9:38
Jerry Engele, MIN [Hooking] 11:56
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hi-sticking] 13:28
3: Tom Reid, MIN [Holding] 2:32
Harvey Bennett, MIN [Holding] 10:34
Mike Bossy, NYI [Tripping] 14:41
Penalty time: NYI: 10 minutes
MIN: 6 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 32 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Lopresti | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Engele | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Hicks | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Glen Sharpley | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Zanussi | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Alex Pirus | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harvey Bennett | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Steve Jensen | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dean Talafous | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Roland Eriksson | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Nick Beverley | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 34 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 10-11-11-32
MIN: 15-10- 9-34
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 12-6-2)
MIN: Pete LoPresti (L, 9-25-4)
Referee: Alf Lejeune
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Luther
Attendance: 7,275
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