NHL game summary from April 26, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (47-30-11) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
 New York Islanders (55-16-14) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Bryan Trottier 2 (John Tonelli, Denis Potvin), 10:41 |
| NYR, | Don Murdoch 5 (Don Maloney, Mike McEwen), 15:01 - PP | |
| NYR, | Ed Johnstone 5 (Carol Vadnais, Pierre Plante), 17:57 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ron Duguay 3 (Pat Hickey, Bobby Sheehan), 9:43 |
| NYR, | Bobby Sheehan 2 (Pierre Plante, Carol Vadnais), 16:35 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Murdoch, NYR [Charging] 2:11 |
| Dave Farrish, NYR [Slashing] 4:13 | |
| Pat Price, NYI [Charging] 6:37 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:37 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 13:43 | |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Holding, Fighting] 17:00 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing, Fighting] 17:00 | |
| 2: | Bob Bourne, NYI [Tripping] 1:10 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 5:24 | |
| Pat Price, NYI [Hi-sticking] 11:21 | |
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 11:21 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Roughing] 16:14 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing double minor] 16:14 | |
| 3: | Garry Howatt, NYI [Charging, Fighting] 17:28 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 17:28 |
Penalty time: NYR: 24 minutes
NYI: 26 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 38 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 14-14-10-38
NYI: 8- 3-11-22
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 7-1-0)
NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 2-1-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 14,995
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