NHL game summary from November 12, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Islanders (9-3-2)	1	3	1	5
New York Rangers (9-3-3)	1	1	1	3

1: NYI, Stefan Persson 2, 7:00 - PP
   NYR, Ron Greschner 5 (Pat Hickey, Ulf Nilsson), 12:35 - PP
2: NYI, Lorne Henning 1, 6:35
   NYI, Clark Gillies 4 (Stefan Persson, Richie Hansen), 8:10
   NYR, Ed Johnstone 1 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais), 11:52
   NYI, Bob Bourne 7 (Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson), 13:03 - PP
3: NYR, Mike McEwen 5 (Ulf Nilsson), 4:16 - PP
   NYI, Mike Bossy 8 (Clark Gillies, Richie Hansen), 12:40

Penalties:

1: Mike Korney, NYR [Hooking] 1:42
   Clark Gillies, NYI [Face-off violation] 2:51
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 6:23
   Wayne Merrick, NYI [Tripping] 9:28
   Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 12:07
2: Wayne Merrick, NYI [Hooking] 1:24
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 4:45
   Stefan Persson, NYI [Tripping] 4:58
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 12:14
   Clark Gillies, NYI [Hooking] 17:48
3: Dave Lewis, NYI [Roughing] 3:47
   Richie Hansen, NYI [Holding] 5:37
   Pat Hickey, NYR [Slashing] 7:59
   Denis Potvin, NYI [Cross checking] 9:14
   Garry Howatt, NYI [Holding] 17:54

Penalty time: NYI: 20 minutes
              NYR: 10 minutes

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Pat Price	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Denis Potvin	5	D	0	1	1	2	0	1
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Stefan Persson	7	D	1	2	3	2	1	1
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Clark Gillies	9	LW	1	1	2	4	2	3
Lorne Henning	10	C	1	0	1	0	1	1
Wayne Merrick	11	C	0	0	0	4	-1	3
Richie Hansen	12	C	0	2	2	2	2	0
Bob Bourne	14	C	1	0	1	0	1	1
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Mike Kaszycki	21	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bossy	22	RW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Tonelli	27	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Billy Smith	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							9	21

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	2	-1	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	0	1	0	-1	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Korney	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	4
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	0	0	3
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	2	2	0	0	2
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	2	0	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	1	0	1	0	-1	5
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-9	34


Shots: NYI:  7- 6- 8-21
       NYR: 15- 9-10-34

Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 2-2-1)
         NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 3-2-1)

Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Gerard Gauthier

Attendance: 17,500

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