Saturday February 17, 1979
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NHL game summary from February 17, 1979



Team123F
New York Islanders (35-10-10) 2 0 3 5
Vancouver Canucks (18-31-8) 1 1 1 3

1: NYI,Bob Nystrom 10 (Denis Potvin, Bob Lorimer), 4:04
VAN,Stan Smyl 9 (Thomas Gradin), 7:24
NYI,Bob Nystrom 11 (Denis Potvin), 16:42
2: VAN,Jere Gillis 11 (Chris Oddleifson, Bob Manno), 15:52
3: VAN,Stan Smyl 10 (Thomas Gradin, Curt Fraser), 5:41 - PP
NYI,Mike Bossy 46 (Bryan Trottier, Denis Potvin), 10:26
NYI,Bryan Trottier 38 (Billy Harris, Stefan Persson), 12:20
NYI,Bob Lorimer 3 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin), 13:30
Penalties:

1: Bob Lorimer, NYI [Interference] 0:52
Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 3:48
Don Kozak, VAN [Fighting] 3:48
Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 9:19
2: Thomas Gradin, VAN [Hi-sticking] 9:29
Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 18:10
3: Garry Howatt, NYI [Slashing] 5:03
Penalty time: NYI: 11 minutes VAN: 9 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Lorimer 4 D 1 1 2 4 2 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 4 4 0 3 2
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 7 0 0
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 3 3
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 1 2 0 2 3
Mike Kaszycki 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Bossy 22 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 2 0 2 0 3 4
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1529

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Larry Goodenough 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Stan Smyl 12 RW 2 0 2 0 -1 6
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Jere Gillis 21 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 2 2 2 -1 0
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Don Kozak 26 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Flockhart 28 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dunc Wilson 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1532
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1532
Shots: NYI: 8-11-10-29 VAN: 7-12-13-32 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 18-3-9) VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 1-6-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Kevin Collins Attendance: 15,398



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