NHL game summary from April 28, 1979

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Rangers (47-31-11)	1	1	1	0	3
New York Islanders (56-16-14)	0	1	2	1	4
Series tied, 1-1 (best of 7)

1: NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey), 3:12
2: NYI, Wayne Merrick 2 (Bob Bourne, Stefan Persson), 1:37
   NYR, Bobby Sheehan 3 (Carol Vadnais), 8:32 - PP
3: NYI, Bob Lorimer 1 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick), 5:13
   NYI, Bob Nystrom 1 (Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli), 9:35
   NYR, Phil Esposito 5 (Don Maloney, Dave Maloney), 15:48
4: NYI, Denis Potvin 4 (Mike Kaszycki), 8:02

Penalties:

1: Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:23
   Billy Smith, NYI [Hi-sticking] 6:13
   Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 6:13
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 6:13
   Mario Marois, NYR [Roughing double minor] 6:13
   Billy Smith, NYI [Elbowing] 8:22
   Don Murdoch, NYR [Hi-sticking] 9:10
   Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 9:10
   Pat Hickey, NYR [Hi-sticking] 11:00
   Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 11:00
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 15:04
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Interference] 0:24
   Mike Kaszycki, NYI [Slashing] 0:24
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 4:08
   Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 6:46
   Dave Lewis, NYI [Elbowing] 7:20
   Mike McEwen, NYR [Hooking] 8:17
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Holding] 9:36
   Wayne Merrick, NYI [Tripping] 12:00
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 14:25
3: none
4: none

Penalty time: NYR: 24 minutes
              NYI: 18 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	4	0	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	4	0	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
Bobby Sheehan	6	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	1	1	0	1	2
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	2	1	2
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	2	-1	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	2	1	4
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	4	-2	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	2	0	2
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	2	-2	3
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	0	1	0	-1	6
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-8	37

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	4	-1	0
Bob Lorimer	4	D	1	0	1	0	2	1
Denis Potvin	5	D	1	0	1	2	0	7
Stefan Persson	7	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark Gillies	9	LW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick	11	C	1	2	3	2	2	1
Bob Bourne	14	C	0	1	1	0	1	4
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Ed Westfall	18	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Kaszycki	21	C	0	1	1	2	0	4
Mike Bossy	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	1	1	2	0	1	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	2	2	1
John Tonelli	27	LW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Billy Smith	31	G	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							9	37


Shots: NYR: 10-16- 7- 4-37
       NYI: 12- 8-11- 6-37

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 7-2-0)
         NYI: Billy Smith (W, 3-0-0)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn

Attendance: 14,995

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