New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 18, 1979 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Thursday, October 18, 1979 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 38–19.
Goals came from Billy Harris, Stan Jonathan, Bobby Schmautz, Steve Tambellini and John Wensink.
Gilles Gilbert made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Billy Harris (1)Mike Kaszycki (2), John Tonelli (2)1–006:13 NYI
Stan Jonathan (1)Terry O'Reilly (1), Peter McNab (4)1–109:13 BOS
Bobby Schmautz (3)Dwight Foster (3)1–214:58 BOS
2nd period
Steve Tambellini (1)Unassisted2–201:53 NYI
3rd period
John Wensink (2)Dwight Foster (4)2–304:04 BOS
Team stats
NYIBOS
1938
0%0%
0/20/1
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:30 into the first period
Al Secord · hooking2 min - 9:20 into the second periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 9:20 into the second period
Garry Howatt · roughing2 min - 17:21 into the second periodMike Kaszycki · cross checking2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodAl Secord · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 15Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
Boston Bruins
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 31Yves BelangerG | 0 | 0 | – |