NHL game summary from May 3, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (57-17-14) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
 New York Rangers (48-32-11) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Don Maloney 5 (Don Murdoch), 1:18 |
| NYI, | John Tonelli 1 (Mike Kaszycki), 1:53 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Billy Harris 2 (Mike Kaszycki, Denis Potvin), 2:56 |
| NYR, | Don Maloney 6 (Phil Esposito, Mario Marois), 6:50 | |
| 4: | NYI, | Bob Nystrom 2 (Clark Gillies), 3:40 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pat Price, NYI [Interference] 1:33 | |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Slashing] 1:33 | ||
| Don Murdoch, NYR [Cross checking] 4:26 | ||
| Stefan Persson, NYI [Holding] 7:43 | ||
| Pierre Plante, NYR [Roughing] 7:43 | ||
| Bob Bourne, NYI [Holding] 12:44 | ||
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 15:22 | ||
| Stefan Persson, NYI [Holding] 15:44 | ||
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 16:28 | ||
| 2: | Bob Nystrom, NYI [Holding] 5:59 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Tripping] 11:24 | ||
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Elbowing] 15:28 | ||
| 3: | Pat Price, NYI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 1:19 | |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 1:19 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NYI: 19 minutes
NYR: 19 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 8- 6-11- 1-26
NYR: 11-10- 8- 1-30
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 4-0-0)
NYR: John Davidson (L, 8-3-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 17,374
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