New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, November 13, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

5–10

21–29

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 10–5 on Tuesday, November 13, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 29–21.

Billy Harris scored twice, Bryan Trottier scored twice and Denis Potvin scored twice. Steve Vickers, Don Maloney, Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick, Stefan Persson, Walt Tkaczuk, Garry Howatt, Don Murdoch and Anders Hedberg also scored.

Billy Smith made 16 saves on 21 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 16 of 26.

Goals
NYR	2	0	3	5	21
NYI	2	6	2	10	29

Scoring

1st period

Steve Vickers (7)Unassisted1–009:56 NYR
Billy Harris (6)Dave Lewis (3), John Tonelli (8)1–110:38 NYI
Bryan Trottier (10)Denis Potvin (8)1–213:11 NYI
Don Maloney (4)Phil Esposito (8), Ron Greschner (10)2–216:49 NYR ·

2nd period

Bryan Trottier (11)Mike Bossy (8), Stefan Persson (6)2–302:50 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (10)Clark Gillies (5), Stefan Persson (7)2–405:37 NYI ·
Denis Potvin (1)Mike Bossy (9), Bryan Trottier (15)2–506:49 NYI
Wayne Merrick (2)Anders Kallur (6)2–607:32 NYI
Billy Harris (7)Lorne Henning (2), Denis Potvin (9)2–711:51 NYI ·
Stefan Persson (2)Yvon Vautour (1), Anders Kallur (7)2–814:45 NYI

3rd period

Walt Tkaczuk (3)Barry Beck (8), Mario Marois (8)3–800:33 NYR ·
Garry Howatt (2)Anders Kallur (8)3–909:17 NYI
Denis Potvin (2)Clark Gillies (6), Bryan Trottier (16)3–1012:07 NYI
Don Murdoch (7)Don Maloney (13), Barry Beck (9)4–1012:42 NYR
Anders Hedberg (8)Walt Tkaczuk (8), Steve Vickers (6)5–1016:17 NYR

Team stats

NYRNYI

2129

0%0%

2/62/5

1214

Penalties

0:27 into the first periodBill Lochead · hooking2 min
4:23 into the first periodGarry Howatt · interference2 min
15:56 into the first periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
17:29 into the first periodRay Markham · cross checking2 min
2:22 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · tripping2 min
5:18 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
10:49 into the second periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
15:24 into the second periodMike Kaszycki · hooking2 min
18:31 into the second periodYvon Vautour · interference2 min
18:31 into the second periodAnders Hedberg · cross checking2 min
18:53 into the second periodAnders Kallur · hooking2 min
18:53 into the second periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
7:03 into the third periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min

Season series

Rangers vs Islanders head-to-head →

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8Steve VickersL	1	1	2	0	1	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	1	1	2	−2	2	0	–	–
18Walt TkaczukC	1	1	2	+1	3	4	–	–
3Barry BeckD	0	2	2	−2	2	0	–	–
14Don MurdochR	1	0	1	−2	1	0	–	–
15Anders HedbergR	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	–
77Phil EspositoC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	1	1	−2	0	2	–	–
25Mario MaroisD	0	1	1	−2	3	0	–	–
10Ron DuguayC	0	0	0	−4	2	0	–	–
17Eddie JohnstoneR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Warren MillerR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
28Bill LocheadL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
29Ray MarkhamC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
2Jocelyn GuevremontD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
6Tim BothwellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
26Dave MaloneyD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
1Wayne ThomasG		3	3	0	1.000	07:53
33Doug SoetaertG	L	26	16	10	.615	52:07

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	2	2	4	+2	4	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	2	2	4	+2	5	2	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	2	3	+2	1	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	3	3	+3	1	2	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	1	2	3	+2	1	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	2	2	+2	4	0	–	–
15Billy HarrisR	2	0	2	+1	5	0	–	–
8Garry HowattL	1	0	1	+2	1	2	–	–
10Lorne HenningC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
20Yvon VautourR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
25Dave LewisD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
21Mike KaszyckiC	0	0	0	+2	1	2	–	–
3Jean PotvinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	W	21	16	5	.762	59:54