NHL game summary from February 1, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Islanders (30-11-8)	2	3	2	7
New York Rangers (16-25-9)	1	2	3	6

1:	NYI,	Billy Harris 13 (Denis Potvin), 5:18 - SH
	NYI,	Wayne Merrick 4, 15:27
	NYR,	Ron Duguay 10 (Dave Farrish, Jerry Byers), 18:04
2:	NYI,	Garry Howatt 2 (Billy Harris, Wayne Merrick), 6:00
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 20 (Pat Hickey, Steve Vickers), 8:04
	NYI,	Bob Bourne 18 (Mike Kaszycki), 9:05
	NYR,	Steve Vickers 12 (Phil Esposito, Lucien DeBlois), 17:26 - PP
	NYI,	Stefan Persson 5 (Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin), 19:18 - PP
3:	NYR,	Dave Farrish 1, 6:14
	NYI,	Bob Nystrom 16 (Denis Potvin, Bob Bourne), 10:19
	NYI,	Wayne Merrick 5 (Billy Harris, Stefan Persson), 13:10 - PP
	NYR,	Pat Hickey 26 (Carol Vadnais), 16:44 - PP
	NYR,	Carol Vadnais 4 (Ron Duguay), 17:16

Penalties:

1:	Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 4:48
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 12:17
2:	Pat Price, NYI [Hooking] 10:10
	Carol Vadnais, NYR [Fighting] 16:16
	Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing, Fighting] 16:16
	Dan Newman, NYR [Holding] 17:50
3:	Mike Kaszycki, NYI [Slashing] 4:12
	Nick Fotiu, NYR [Slashing] 12:01
	Gerry Hart, NYI [Hooking] 13:57
	Stefan Persson, NYI [Fighting] 16:02
	Phil Esposito, NYR [Fighting] 16:02
	Glenn Resch, NYI [Leaving the crease, Game misconduct] 16:02

Penalty time: NYI: 32 minutes NYR: 16 minutes

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Glenn Resch	1	G	0	0	0	12	0	0
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	4	1	0
Pat Price	3	D	0	0	0	2	1	2
Denis Potvin	5	D	0	3	3	0	2	4
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Stefan Persson	7	D	1	1	2	5	-2	2
Garry Howatt	8	LW	1	0	1	0	2	2
Clark Gillies	9	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick	11	C	2	1	3	0	2	6
Bob Bourne	14	C	1	1	2	0	1	3
Billy Harris	15	RW	1	2	3	0	3	3
Jude Drouin	17	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Mike Kaszycki	21	C	0	1	1	2	0	1
Mike Bossy	22	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	1	0	1	7	1	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
Billy Smith	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							4	36
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					4	36

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	1	1	2	0	2	3
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	1	1	2	5	-1	6
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	1	2	0	1	3
Jerry Byers	12	LW	0	1	1	0	1	2
Dallas Smith	15	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	2	-1	2
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	1	1	0	1	3
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	1	1	5	-1	3
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-5	31
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-5	31

Shots: NYI: 18-14- 5-37 NYR: 5- 7-19-31 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 14-6-2),
Billy Smith NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 7-15-6) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Willard Norris Attendance: 17,500

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