NHL game summary from April 20, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (54-15-14) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Chicago Blackhawks (29-39-15) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Billy Harris 1 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy), 18:08 - PP |
| 2: | NYI, | Lorne Henning 1 (Ed Westfall, Denis Potvin), 17:47 |
| 3: | NYI, | Clark Gillies 1 (Ed Westfall, Gerry Hart), 3:00 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 2 (John Tonelli), 11:25 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike O'Connell, CHI [Tripping] 0:24 |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 0:38 | |
| Bob Murray, CHI [Tripping] 14:55 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Fighting] 17:19 | |
| Harold Phillipoff, CHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 17:19 | |
| Pat Ribble, CHI [Roughing] 17:19 | |
| Pat Price, NYI [Roughing, Game misconduct] 17:19 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 12:35 |
| 3: | Bob Kelly, CHI [Roughing] 6:07 |
Penalty time: NYI: 21 minutes
CHI: 15 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Logan | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Ribble | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Reg Kerr | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mike O'Connell | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Tim Higgins | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Fox | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kirk Bowman | 28 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 11- 9- 8-28
CHI: 4-11- 6-21
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 2-0-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 0-3-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Jim Christison
Attendance: 12,614
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