NHL game summary from May 1, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (56-17-14) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 New York Rangers (48-31-11) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: no scoring
2: NYR, Bobby Sheehan 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey), 3:14
NYI, Bob Bourne 1, 14:04
NYR, Phil Esposito 6 (Don Maloney, Don Murdoch), 16:23
3: NYR, Steve Vickers 4, 13:55
Penalties:
1: Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 4:00
Steve Vickers, NYR [Interference] 4:00
Don Murdoch, NYR [Roughing] 7:42
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Roughing] 7:42
Clark Gillies, NYI [Charging] 12:22
Mario Marois, NYR [Cross checking] 13:33
Billy Harris, NYI [Hooking] 14:07
Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 15:21
Ron Greschner, NYR [Interference] 17:32
2: Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 0:57
Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 5:58
Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 19:14
Mike Kaszycki, NYI [Slashing] 19:14
3: Mike Bossy, NYI [Hi-sticking] 17:41
Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking] 17:41
Penalty time: NYI: 14 minutes
NYR: 16 minutes
| 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 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 17 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 5- 5- 7-17
NYR: 8-14-10-32
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 2-2-0)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 8-2-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 17,375
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