Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Tuesday, December 4, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Islanders 31–26.
Goals came from Rick Vaive, Jere Gillis, Stan Smyl, Bill Derlago, Billy Harris and Rick Blight.
Glen Hanlon made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (9)Don Lever (8)1–014:00 VAN
2nd period
Jere Gillis (7)Thomas Gradin (11), Lars Lindgren (13)2–000:43 VAN · 
Stan Smyl (10)Thomas Gradin (12)3–010:07 VAN
Bill Derlago (5)Brent Ashton (6)4–011:21 VAN
Billy Harris (8)Duane Sutter (3), Bob Bourne (6)4–117:19 NYI ·
3rd period
Rick Blight (10)Unassisted5–107:28 VAN
Team stats
VANNYI
3126
0%0%
1/71/5
3529
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:02 into the first period
Bob Bourne · fighting5 min - 5:02 into the first period
Brad Smith · fighting5 min - 7:29 into the first periodDave Langevin · fighting5 min
- 7:29 into the first periodCurt Fraser · fighting5 min
- 8:00 into the first periodKevin McCarthy · interference2 min
- 8:38 into the first periodClark Gillies · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:38 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · game misconduct10 min
- 15:52 into the first periodLars Lindgren · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 17:37 into the first periodRandy Johnston · tripping2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodBob Lorimer · cross checking2 min
- 1:03 into the second periodRick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodDon Lever · interference2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · cross checking2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodRick Blight · holding2 min
- 18:32 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodDave Langevin · fighting5 min
- 8:50 into the third periodRon Sedlbauer · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Randy JohnstonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |