NHL game summary from December 9, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Islanders (9-13-4)	2	1	1	4
New York Rangers (12-13-4)	2	2	1	5

1: NYR, Barry Beck 5 (Don Murdoch, Phil Esposito), 7:56 - PP
   NYI, Bob Nystrom 4 (Glenn Resch), 9:15
   NYR, Dean Talafous 2 (Dave Maloney), 16:22
   NYI, John Tonelli 6 (Bryan Trottier, Dave Langevin), 19:29
2: NYR, Phil Esposito 13 (Don Murdoch), 4:01
   NYI, Anders Kallur 5 (Bryan Trottier, Dave Langevin), 15:30
   NYR, Don Maloney 7 (Phil Esposito, Ron Greschner), 18:07
3: NYI, Bob Bourne 2 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier), 11:28 - PP
   NYR, Anders Hedberg 17 (Steve Vickers, Barry Beck), 16:06 - PP

Penalties:

1: Ron Duguay, NYR [Fighting] 0:55
   Clark Gillies, NYI [Interference, Fighting] 0:55
   Don Murdoch, NYR [Slashing] 2:44
   Dave Lewis, NYI [Slashing] 2:44
   John Tonelli, NYI [Slashing] 4:51
   Dave Langevin, NYI [Tripping] 6:53
   Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 9:43
   Dave Lewis, NYI [Fighting] 9:43
   Barry Beck, NYR [Hooking] 10:17
   Dean Talafous, NYR [Hooking] 19:57
2: Jean Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 1:49
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Roughing] 5:20
   Dave Langevin, NYI [Interference] 9:26
3: Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 7:01
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting] 7:01
   Jean Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 9:34
   Don Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 9:34
   Bench penalty, NYR [Delay of game] 11:13
   Bob Bourne, NYI [Hooking] 14:06
   Don Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 17:45

Penalty time: NYI: 31 minutes
              NYR: 31 minutes

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Glenn Resch	1	G	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jean Potvin	3	D	0	0	0	4	0	2
Bob Lorimer	4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	0	0	5	0	2
Clark Gillies	9	LW	0	1	1	7	0	1
Wayne Merrick	11	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Duane Sutter	12	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Bourne	14	C	1	0	1	2	0	3
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	3	3	0	1	5
Yvon Vautour	20	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	1	0	1	0	-1	3
Gord Lane	24	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	7	0	0
Dave Langevin	26	D	0	2	2	4	-1	1
John Tonelli	27	LW	1	0	1	2	1	2
Anders Kallur	28	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	27

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Barry Beck	3	D	1	1	2	2	-1	3
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	2	0	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	5	0	2
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Don Maloney	12	LW	1	0	1	4	1	5
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	2	2	2	1	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	1	0	1	0	0	5
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dean Talafous	19	C	1	0	1	2	1	2
Frank Beaton	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Warren Miller	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	5	0	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	7	1	0
Steve Baker	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	2	3	0	1	3
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	32


Shots: NYI:  7- 8-12-27
       NYR: 13-12- 7-32

Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 4-6-1)
         NYR: Steve Baker (W, 2-1-3)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Kevin Collins

Attendance: 17,404

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