Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–4 on Saturday, October 27, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 28–26.
Tom Lysiak scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored a hat trick. Grant Mulvey, Reg Kerr, Jean Potvin, Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Lysiak (1)Mike O'connell (1), Ted Bulley (2)1–005:57 CHI
Grant Mulvey (1)Terry Ruskowski (6), Mike O'connell (2)2–015:02 CHI
Reg Kerr (1)Bob Murray (4)3–016:37 CHI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (3)Anders Kallur (4), Jean Potvin (4)3–104:57 NYI · 
Jean Potvin (1)Mike Kaszycki (4), Billy Harris (3)3–206:03 NYI · - Tom Lysiak (2)Bob Murray (5), Mike O'connell (3)4–209:59 CHI ·
3rd period
- Bryan Trottier (4)Clark Gillies (3), Stefan Persson (4)4–300:16 NYI
- Bryan Trottier (5)John Tonelli (5)4–404:13 NYI
Clark Gillies (3)Mike Bossy (2)4–504:51 NYI
Mike Bossy (6)Bryan Trottier (8)4–604:57 NYI
Team stats
CHINYI
2628
0%0%
1/52/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:25 into the first period
Tom Lysiak · roughing2 min - 2:25 into the first period
Billy Harris · holding2 min - 4:06 into the second periodJ.P. Bordeleau · interference2 min
- 4:37 into the second periodCliff Koroll · high sticking2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodMike Kaszycki · delaying game2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodLorne Henning · hooking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodRich Preston · tripping2 min
- 8:08 into the third periodJean Potvin · holding2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodGarry Howatt · charging2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Harold PhillipoffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike HordyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |