Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 6, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 on Tuesday, November 6, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 33–28.
Goals came from Dave Langevin, Bryan Trottier, John Tonelli, Marcel Dionne and Wayne Merrick.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Langevin (1)Lorne Henning (1)0–104:36 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (8)Mike Bossy (4), Clark Gillies (4)0–205:21 NYI · 
John Tonelli (3)Wayne Merrick (2)0–307:59 NYI
Marcel Dionne (15)Doug Halward (13)1–311:43 LAK ·
2nd period
Wayne Merrick (1)John Tonelli (7), Billy Harris (4)1–416:16 NYI
Team stats
LAKNYI
2833
0%0%
1/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
Butch Goring · tripping2 min - 2:55 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · interference2 min - 4:53 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodRandy Holt · slashing2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodGarry Howatt · tripping2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodSteve Carlson · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron GrahameG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |