NHL game summary from April 22, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (55-15-14) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Chicago Blackhawks (29-40-15) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Denis Potvin 3 (Garry Howatt, Bob Nystrom), 15:09 |
| 2: | NYI, | Ed Westfall 1 (Wayne Merrick, Stefan Persson), 1:24 |
| CHI, | Mike Walton 1 (Rick Paterson, Greg Fox), 7:05 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Mike Bossy 5 (Gerry Hart, Bryan Trottier), 9:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Kelly, CHI [Roughing, Fighting] 10:03 |
| Bob Lorimer, NYI [Roughing, Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting] 10:03 | |
| J.P. Bordeleau, CHI [Elbowing] 16:19 | |
| 2: | Clark Gillies, NYI [Tripping] 4:45 |
| 3: | Bob Lorimer, NYI [Tripping] 13:20 |
| John Marks, CHI [Hooking] 19:40 |
Penalty time: NYI: 13 minutes
CHI: 11 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 24 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Logan | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Ribble | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Rick Paterson | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reg Kerr | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Mike O'Connell | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Tim Higgins | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Fox | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Bowman | 28 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 11- 8- 5-24
CHI: 6-13- 9-28
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 2-0-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 0-4-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Jim Christison
Attendance: 10,871
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