NHL game summary from December 4, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (11-9-6) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
 New York Islanders (7-12-4) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | VAN, | Rick Vaive 9 (Don Lever), 14:00 |
| 2: | VAN, | Jere Gillis 7 (Thomas Gradin, Lars Lindgren), :43 - PP |
| VAN, | Stan Smyl 10 (Thomas Gradin), 10:07 | |
| VAN, | Bill Derlago 5 (Brent Ashton), 11:21 | |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 8 (Duane Sutter, Bob Bourne), 17:19 - PP | |
| 3: | VAN, | Rick Blight 10, 7:28 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Bourne, NYI [Fighting] 5:02 |
| Brad Smith, VAN [Fighting] 5:02 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Fighting] 7:29 | |
| Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 7:29 | |
| Kevin McCarthy, VAN [Interference] 8:00 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Game misconduct] 8:38 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Roughing double minor] 8:38 | |
| Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 15:52 | |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Tripping] 16:53 | |
| Randy Johnston, NYI [Tripping] 17:37 | |
| Bob Lorimer, NYI [Cross checking] 18:36 | |
| 2: | Rick Vaive, VAN [Hooking] 1:03 |
| Don Lever, VAN [Interference] 6:53 | |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Cross checking] 13:18 | |
| Rick Blight, VAN [Holding] 16:08 | |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Hi-sticking] 18:32 | |
| 3: | Dave Langevin, NYI [Fighting] 8:50 |
| Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Fighting] 8:50 |
Penalty time: VAN: 35 minutes
NYI: 29 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Derlago | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Smith | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Vaive | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 31 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Randy Johnston | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Tambellini | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Yvon Vautour | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 1 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 18- 8- 5-31
NYI: 10-10- 6-26
Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (W, 11-6-5)
NYI: Billy Smith (L, 5-7-3)
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 14,490
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