NHL game summary from January 28, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (16-23-9)	0	1	1	2
New York Islanders (29-10-8)	1	3	2	6

1: NYI, Mike Bossy 32 (Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin), 4:21 - PP
2: NYI, Billy Harris 12 (Lorne Henning, Wayne Merrick), 7:08
   NYR, Ron Duguay 9 (Don Murdoch), 7:53
   NYI, Bryan Trottier 32 (Mike Bossy, Stefan Persson), 9:55
   NYI, Clark Gillies 23 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier), 12:21 - PP
3: NYI, Mike Bossy 33 (Bryan Trottier), 2:45
   NYI, Denis Potvin 15 (Wayne Merrick, Gerry Hart), 10:05
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 19 (Lucien DeBlois), 12:14

Penalties:

1: Pat Hickey, NYR [Slashing] 2:10
   Dallas Smith, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:10
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Fighting] 4:33
   Bob Bourne, NYI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 4:33
   Garry Howatt, NYI [Holding] 7:39
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 14:03
2: Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 3:13
   Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 6:32
   Ed Johnstone, NYR [Fighting] 6:32
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 11:13
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Slashing] 11:13
   Wayne Merrick, NYI [Slashing] 11:13
   Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 16:23
   Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hooking] 18:07
3: Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 16:08

Penalty time: NYR: 24 minutes
              NYI: 20 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	4	1	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	0	1	5	1	3
Benoit Gosselin	11	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	1	1	0	1	4
Dallas Smith	15	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	5	-1	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	2	-1	1
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	2	-2	7
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-10	32

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Glenn Resch	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
Denis Potvin	5	D	1	2	3	2	1	5
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Stefan Persson	7	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	0	0	7	1	0
Clark Gillies	9	LW	1	1	2	0	1	8
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wayne Merrick	11	C	0	2	2	2	2	3
Bob Bourne	14	C	0	0	0	7	-1	2
Billy Harris	15	RW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Jude Drouin	17	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier	19	C	1	2	3	2	1	6
Mike Kaszycki	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mike Bossy	22	RW	2	1	3	0	1	12
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	43


Shots: NYR: 17-12- 3-32
       NYI: 12-19-12-43

Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 7-14-6)
         NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 13-6-2)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Don Koharski, Neil Armstrong

Attendance: 15,317

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