New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, November 2, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 7–5 on Friday, November 2, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Oilers 30–26.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Stefan Persson, Dan Newman, Bryan Trottier, Brett Callighen, Stan Weir, Blair MacDonald, Clark Gillies and Ron Chipperfield also scored.
Eddie Mio made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Stefan Persson (1)John Tonelli (6)1–001:57 NYI
Wayne Gretzky (3)Doug Hicks (3)1–102:18 EDM
Dan Newman (1)Pat Price (3), Ron Chipperfield (3)1–202:40 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (4)Dave Lumley (6), Doug Hicks (4)1–303:56 EDM
Bryan Trottier (6)Stefan Persson (5), Denis Potvin (1)2–305:50 NYI ·
2nd period
Brett Callighen (3)Blair MacDonald (6), Risto Siltanen (4)2–406:52 EDM · 
Stan Weir (6)Dave Lumley (7)2–509:06 EDM
Mike Bossy (7)Denis Potvin (2), Bryan Trottier (9)3–511:17 NYI · 
Blair MacDonald (9)Wayne Gretzky (9)3–616:48 EDM
3rd period
Clark Gillies (4)Bob Lorimer (3), Bryan Trottier (10)4–610:27 NYI- Mike Bossy (8)Denis Potvin (3), Bryan Trottier (11)5–616:44 NYI
Ron Chipperfield (2)Doug Hicks (5), Bill Flett (2)5–718:15 EDM
Team stats
NYIEDM
3026
0%0%
2/31/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Brett Callighen · slashing2 min - 11:39 into the first period
Garry Howatt · elbowing2 min - 13:12 into the first periodBilly Harris · tripping2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodColin Campbell · slashing2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodColin Campbell · fighting5 min
- 19:46 into the first periodGarry Howatt · elbowing2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the second periodBryan Trottier · cross checking2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike HordyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dan NewmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Michael ToalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |