1978-79 Semi-Finals Game 2, New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders Box Score: April 28, 1979
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:12 | NYR | Walt Tkaczuk (4) | Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 01:37 | NYI | Wayne Merrick (2) | Bob Bourne, Stefan Persson | |
| 08:32 | NYR | PP | Bobby Sheehan (3) | Carol Vadnais |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 05:13 | NYI | Bob Lorimer (1) | Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick | |
| 09:35 | NYI | Bob Nystrom (1) | Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli | |
| 15:48 | NYR | Phil Esposito (5) | Don Maloney, Dave Maloney | |
| 1st OT Period | ||||
| 08:02 | NYI | Denis Potvin (4) | Mike Kaszycki | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:23 | NYR | Dave Maloney | High sticking | 2 min |
| 06:13 | NYR | Ron Duguay | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:13 | NYI | Billy Smith | High sticking | 2 min |
| 06:13 | NYI | Gerry Hart | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:13 | NYR | Mario Marois | Roughing - double minor | 4 min |
| 08:22 | NYI | Billy Smith | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 09:10 | NYI | Denis Potvin | High sticking | 2 min |
| 09:10 | NYR | Don Murdoch | High sticking | 2 min |
| 11:00 | NYI | Gerry Hart | Holding | 2 min |
| 11:00 | NYR | Pat Hickey | High sticking | 2 min |
| 15:04 | NYR | Walt Tkaczuk | Holding | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 00:24 | NYR | Dave Farrish | Interference | 2 min |
| 00:24 | NYI | Mike Kaszycki | Slashing | 2 min |
| 04:08 | NYR | Ron Greschner | Holding | 2 min |
| 06:46 | NYI | Billy Harris | Holding | 2 min |
| 07:20 | NYI | Dave Lewis | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 08:17 | NYR | Mike McEwen | Hooking | 2 min |
| 10:24 | NYR | Dave Farrish | Holding | 2 min |
| 12:00 | NYI | Wayne Merrick | Tripping | 2 min |
| 14:25 | NYR | Ron Greschner | Holding | 2 min |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Ron Duguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Phil Esposito | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 3 | Dave Farrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Ron Greschner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Anders Hedberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Pat Hickey | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Eddie Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Dave Maloney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Don Maloney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Mario Marois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Don Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Pierre Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Bobby Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 15 | Walt Tkaczuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 16 | Carol Vadnais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | John Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67:49 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | John Davidson | L | 4 | 37 | 33 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 67:49 |
New York Islanders
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Bossy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Bob Bourne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Clark Gillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Billy Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Gerry Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Lorne Henning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Garry Howatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Mike Kaszycki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Dave Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Bob Lorimer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 11 | Wayne Merrick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 12 | Bob Nystrom | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||
| 13 | Stefan Persson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Denis Potvin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | ||
| 15 | John Tonelli | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Bryan Trottier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Ed Westfall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Billy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68:02 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10.8 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Billy Smith | W | 3 | 37 | 34 | .919 | 0 | 4 | 68:02 |

