1979 NHL Semi-Finals
New York Rangers defeat New York Islanders 4-2

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New York Islanders

W-L: 51-15-14, .725

SRS: 1.76 (1st of 17)

Goals: 358 (1st of 17)

Goals Against: 214 (2nd of 17)

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New York Rangers

W-L: 40-29-11, .569

SRS: 0.40 (6th of 17)

Goals: 316 (4th of 17)

Goals Against: 292 (13th of 17)

Game 1, April 26
New York Rangers	4	Final
New York Islanders	1

Game 2, April 28
New York Rangers	3	Final
New York Islanders	4	OT

Game 3, May 1
New York Islanders	1	Final
New York Rangers	3

Game 4, May 3
New York Islanders	3	Final
New York Rangers	2	OT

Game 5, May 5
New York Rangers	4	Final
New York Islanders	3

Game 6, May 8
New York Islanders	1	Final
New York Rangers	2

New York Islanders Skaters Series Stats

New York Islanders Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
23	Bob Nystrom	RW	26	6	3	1	4	0	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	15.8
5	Denis Potvin	D	25	6	1	3	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	23	4.3
21-24	Mike Kaszycki	C	22	5	1	3	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	11.1
14	Bob Bourne	C	24	6	1	2	3	-3	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	11.1
27	John Tonelli	LW	21	6	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	7.7
11	Wayne Merrick	C	26	6	1	2	3	-3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	20.0
4	Bob Lorimer	D	25	6	1	2	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	14.3
15	Billy Harris	RW	27	6	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	11.1
19	Bryan Trottier	C	22	6	1	1	2	-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	10.0
7	Stefan Persson	D	24	6	0	2	2	-4	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0.0
10	Lorne Henning	C	26	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
22	Mike Bossy	RW	22	6	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
9	Clark Gillies	LW	24	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0.0
8	Garry Howatt	LW	26	6	0	0	0	-2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
25	Dave Lewis	D	25	6	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
29	Hector Marini	RW	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2	Gerry Hart	D	31	6	0	0	0	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
3	Pat Price	D	23	4	0	0	0	-2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
18	Ed Westfall	D/RW	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				13	20	33	-15	89	11	1	1	2	16	2	2	152	8.6

New York Islanders Goalies Series Stats

New York Islanders Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
1	Glenn Resch	G	30	3	0-3-0	9	97	88	.907	0	0	179:01	59:40
31	Billy Smith	G	28	3	2-1-0	9	97	88	.907	0	4	191:01	63:40
	Team Total				2-4-0	18	194	176	.907	0	4	370:02	61:40

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New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats

New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
12	Don Maloney	LW	20	6	3	5	8	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	10	30.0
77	Phil Esposito	C	36	6	2	3	5	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	14	14.3
6	Bobby Sheehan	C	30	6	3	1	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	30.0
4	Ron Greschner	D	24	6	2	2	4	4	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	18	11.1
14	Don Murdoch	RW	22	6	2	2	4	3	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	13.3
5	Carol Vadnais	D	33	6	0	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	0.0
27	Mike McEwen	D	22	6	0	4	4	-3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	16	0.0
16	Pat Hickey	LW	25	6	0	3	3	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.0
8	Steve Vickers	LW	27	6	1	1	2	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	14.3
10	Ron Duguay	C/RW	21	6	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	9.1
25	Mario Marois	D	21	6	0	2	2	-2	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	0.0
24	Pierre Plante	RW	27	6	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0.0
17	Eddie Johnstone	RW	24	6	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	12.5
15	Anders Hedberg	RW	27	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	6.7
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	31	6	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	21	4	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
26	Dave Maloney	D	22	6	0	1	1	3	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0
3	Dave Farrish	D	22	2	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
	Team Total				18	31	49	15	97	15	3	0	4	26	5	0	194	9.3

New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats

New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
30	John Davidson	G	25	6	4-2-0	13	152	139	.914	0	0	371:06	61:51
	Team Total				4-2-0	13	152	139	.914	0	0	371:06	61:51

1978-79 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Oct 21, 1978
New York Rangers	3	Final
New York Islanders	5

Sunday, Nov 12, 1978
New York Islanders	5	Final
New York Rangers	3

Saturday, Dec 23, 1978
New York Rangers	4	Final
New York Islanders	9

Wednesday, Jan 17, 1979
New York Islanders	3	Final
New York Rangers	5

Saturday, Jan 27, 1979
New York Rangers	7	Final
New York Islanders	2

Sunday, Feb 25, 1979
New York Islanders	2	Final
New York Rangers	3

Saturday, Mar 17, 1979
New York Rangers	2	Final
New York Islanders	5

Sunday, Apr 8, 1979
New York Islanders	5	Final
New York Rangers	2

NYI Scoring Regular Season

NYI Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bryan Trottier*	22	C	76	47	87	134	76	50	32	15	0	8	58	29	0	187	25.1			10.8	2.8	13.6
2	Mike Bossy*	22	RW	80	69	57	126	63	25	42	27	0	9	34	23	0	279	24.7			11.7	2.4	14.1
3	Denis Potvin*	25	D	73	31	70	101	71	58	16	12	3	2	39	30	1	237	13.1			8.6	7.3	15.9
4	Clark Gillies*	24	LW	75	35	56	91	57	68	24	11	0	5	38	18	0	210	16.7			6.6	2.2	8.8
5	Stefan Persson	24	D	78	10	56	66	38	57	4	6	0	1	21	34	1	113	8.8			4.1	5.6	9.7
6	Bob Bourne	24	C	80	30	31	61	34	48	25	4	1	2	23	5	3	148	20.3			3.7	1.6	5.3
7	John Tonelli	21	LW	73	17	39	56	29	44	16	1	0	4	36	3	0	114	14.9			2.6	1.4	4.0
8	Billy Harris	27	RW	80	15	39	54	26	18	15	0	0	5	36	2	1	128	11.7			2.0	1.3	3.4
9	Wayne Merrick	26	C	75	20	21	41	13	24	18	2	0	0	20	1	0	128	15.6			1.6	0.9	2.5
10	Bob Nystrom	26	RW	78	19	20	39	19	113	18	1	0	5	20	0	0	161	11.8			1.3	1.1	2.4
11	Mike Kaszycki	22	C	71	16	18	34	7	37	14	2	0	4	15	3	0	89	18.0			0.9	0.7	1.6
12	Lorne Henning	26	C	73	13	20	33	17	14	11	0	2	2	19	0	1	70	18.6			0.5	1.0	1.6
13	Garry Howatt	26	LW	75	16	12	28	6	205	16	0	0	2	12	0	0	81	19.8			0.3	0.7	1.0
14	Dave Lewis	25	D	79	5	18	23	44	45	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	95	5.3			0.4	6.0	6.4
15	Bob Lorimer	25	D	67	3	18	21	28	42	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	64	4.7			0.4	4.5	4.9
16	Ed Westfall	38	RW	55	5	11	16	0	4	4	0	1	1	11	0	0	51	9.8			-0.6	0.4	-0.2
17	Gerry Hart	31	D	50	2	14	16	29	78	2	0	0	1	14	0	0	56	3.6			0.3	3.9	4.2
18	Pat Price	23	D	55	3	11	14	16	50	3	0	0	0	10	1	0	48	6.3			0.1	3.3	3.4
19	Bert Marshall	35	D	45	1	8	9	9	29	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	26	3.8			-0.2	2.5	2.3
20	Richie Hansen	23	C	12	1	6	7	9	4	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	10	10.0			0.1	0.3	0.5
21	Glenn Resch	30	G	43	0	2	2	0	6				0	2			0		2540	59:05	0.0	0.0	10.2
22	Billy Smith*	28	G	39	0	2	2	0	39				0	2			0		2256	57:51	0.0	0.0	8.0
23	Mike Hordy	22	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
24	Hector Marini	22	RW	1	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	-0.1	-0.1
25	Alex McKendry	22	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.2	0.0	-0.2
26	Steve Tambellini	20	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	358	616	974	587	1060	270	81	7	51	460	149	7	2301	15.6			55.0	50.0	123.2

NYI Goalies Regular Season

NYI Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Glenn Resch	30	43		26	7	10	106	1235	1129	.914	2.50	2	2540				73	39.0
2	Billy Smith*	28	39		25	8	4	108	1074	966	.899	2.87	1	2256				86	18.1
	Team Total				51	15	14	214	2309	2095	.907	2.68	3	4796				79	57.2

NYR Scoring Regular Season

NYR Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Phil Esposito*	36	C	80	42	36	78	-1	37	28	14	0	7	24	12	0	215	19.5			6.0	0.8	6.7
2	Anders Hedberg	27	RW	80	33	45	78	20	33	27	6	0	5	28	15	2	214	15.4			5.3	1.4	6.7
3	Pat Hickey	25	LW	80	34	41	75	8	56	26	8	0	1	32	9	0	193	17.6			5.1	1.0	6.2
4	Ulf Nilsson	28	C	59	27	39	66	17	21	17	8	2	5	29	9	1	96	28.1			4.8	1.1	5.8
5	Ron Duguay	21	C	79	27	36	63	10	35	24	1	2	3	27	9	0	178	15.2			3.7	1.1	4.8
6	Mike McEwen	22	D	80	20	38	58	11	35	13	7	0	4	23	14	1	204	9.8			4.3	4.0	8.3
7	Ron Greschner	24	D	60	17	36	53	0	66	9	8	0	1	23	12	1	153	11.1			4.1	2.5	6.6
8	Steve Vickers	27	LW	66	13	34	47	-7	24	9	4	0	3	26	8	0	86	15.1			1.9	0.5	2.4
9	Carol Vadnais	33	D	77	8	37	45	14	86	3	4	1	1	21	13	3	149	5.4			2.4	4.0	6.4
10	Walt Tkaczuk	31	C	77	15	27	42	19	38	11	4	0	0	24	1	2	139	10.8			1.2	1.3	2.6
11	Don Murdoch	22	RW	40	15	22	37	-6	6	11	4	0	2	15	7	0	133	11.3			2.4	0.2	2.6
12	Pierre Plante	27	RW	70	6	25	31	10	37	6	0	0	1	20	2	3	84	7.1			0.0	1.0	1.0
13	Mario Marois	21	D	71	5	26	31	17	153	4	1	0	0	17	9	0	115	4.3			1.2	4.0	5.2
14	Dean Talafous	25	RW	68	13	16	29	6	29	9	2	2	3	13	2	1	83	15.7			0.4	0.9	1.3
15	Lucien DeBlois	21	RW	62	11	17	28	-10	26	11	0	0	1	12	5	0	106	10.4			0.5	0.3	0.8
16	Dave Maloney	22	D	76	11	17	28	16	151	9	0	2	1	16	1	0	83	13.3			1.4	4.1	5.5
17	Don Maloney	20	LW	28	9	17	26	4	39	6	3	0	0	10	7	0	39	23.1			1.5	0.4	1.9
18	Dave Farrish	22	D	71	1	19	20	-3	61	1	0	0	1	18	1	0	96	1.0			0.1	2.8	2.9
19	Eddie Johnstone	24	RW	30	5	3	8	-5	27	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	27.8			-0.2	0.2	-0.1
20	Nick Fotiu	26	LW	71	3	5	8	3	190	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	51	5.9			-2.1	0.8	-1.3
21	Greg Polis	28	LW	6	1	1	2	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
22	Dan Clark	21	D	4	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
23	Mike Korney	25	RW	18	0	1	1	4	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0.0			-0.7	0.3	-0.4
24	Frank Beaton	25	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Tim Bothwell	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
26	John Davidson	25	G	39	0	0	0	0	12				0	0			0		2227	57:06	0.0	0.0	5.9
27	André Doré	20	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Mike McDougal	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Doug Soetaert	23	G	17	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		898	52:50	0.0	0.0	2.0
30	Wayne Thomas	31	G	31	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1666	53:44	0.0	0.0	4.1
31	Dean Turner	20	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			80	316	539	855	126	1200	233	74	9	40	389	136	14	2471	12.8			43.1	32.9	88.0

NYR Goalies Regular Season

NYR Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	John Davidson	25	39		20	12	5	131	1031	900	.873	3.53	0	2227				108	-9.9
2	Wayne Thomas	31	31		15	10	3	101	752	651	.866	3.64	1	1666				114	-12.7
3	Doug Soetaert	23	17		5	7	3	57	434	377	.869	3.81	0	898				112	-6.0
	Team Total				40	29	11	289	2217	1928	.870	3.62	1	4791				111	-28.7

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