The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers, 4 to 3, in overtime in Game 2 of the 1979 playoff series on April 28, 1979.

1978-79 New York Islanders

Final

NYR

Rangers

1-1-0

3

NYI

Islanders

1-1-0

4

Team

NYR

NYI

1

1

0

2

1

1

3

1

2

OT

0

1

Total

3

4

1st period

NYR

NYI

Rangers

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen and Pat Hickey

1

0

2nd period

NYR

NYI

Islanders

Wayne Merrick (EV) assisted by Bob Bourne and Stefan Persson

1

1

Rangers

Bobby Sheehan (PP) assisted by Carol Vadnais

2

1

3rd period

NYR

NYI

Islanders

Bob Lorimer (EV) assisted by Bobby Nystrom and Wayne Merrick

2

2

Islanders

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Wayne Merrick and John Tonelli

2

3

Rangers

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Don Maloney and Dave Maloney

3

3

OT

NYR

NYI

Islanders

Denis Potvin (EV) assisted by Mike Kaszycki

3

4

Rangers

Islanders

Goals

3

4

Shots

37

37

Penalty Minutes

24

18

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

4

7

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
John Davidson (L) 37 4 33 .892 67:49

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Ron Duguay 0 0 -1 2 4
Phil Esposito 1 0 -1 0 6
Dave Farrish 0 0 0 4 0
Ron Greschner 0 0 0 4 3
Anders Hedberg 0 0 -1 0 0
Pat Hickey 0 1 -1 2 3
Eddie Johnstone 0 0 -1 0 0
Dave Maloney 0 1 0 2 2
Don Maloney 0 1 +1 0 2
Mario Marois 0 0 -2 4 2
Mike McEwen 0 1 -2 2 3
Don Murdoch 0 0 +1 2 2
Pierre Plante 0 0 -1 0 1
Bobby Sheehan 1 0 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 1 0 +1 2 4
Carol Vadnais 0 1 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 0 0 -1 0 1

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Billy Smith (W) 37 3 34 .919 68:02

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Mike Bossy 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Bourne 0 1 +1 0 4
Clark Gillies 0 0 0 0 4
Billy Harris 0 0 0 2 2
Gerry Hart 0 0 -1 4 0
Mike Kaszycki 0 1 0 2 4
Dave Lewis 0 0 +2 2 1
Bob Lorimer 1 0 +2 0 1
Wayne Merrick 1 2 +2 2 1
Bobby Nystrom 1 1 +1 0 3
Stefan Persson 0 1 +1 0 1
Denis Potvin 1 0 0 2 7
John Tonelli 0 1 +1 0 3
Bryan Trottier 0 0 0 0 3

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Team Leaders

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G

34

Nelson

Brock Nelson

A

60

Dobson

Noah Dobson

+/-

+23

Romanov

Alexander Romanov

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.99

22nd

GA/GP

3.15

18th

PP%

20.3

19th

PK%

71.5

32nd

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Capitals Capitals
40 31 11 91 -37
Penguins Penguins
38 32 12 88 4
Flyers Flyers
38 33 11 87 -26
Devils Devils
38 39 5 81 -19
Blue Jackets Blue Jackets
27 43 12 66 -63

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/30
NYI NYI
@
CAR CAR
7:30 PM
Thu
5/2
CAR CAR
@
NYI NYI
1:00 PM
Sat
5/4
NYI NYI
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM

Last Game

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NYI Islanders

1-3-0

3

Final

2

CAR Hurricanes

3-1-0

Sat 27 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff Goals Leaders

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6

Nichushkin

Valeri Nichushkin

6

Hyman

Zach Hyman

5

Stamkos

Steven Stamkos

Playoff Assists Leaders

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9

McDavid

Connor McDavid

6

Hedman

Victor Hedman

6

Makar

Cale Makar

Playoff Points Leaders

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10

McDavid

Connor McDavid

8

Makar

Cale Makar

8

Marchand

Brad Marchand

Playoff +/- Leaders

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+5

Byfield

Quinton Byfield

+4

Fox

Adam Fox

+4

Lehkonen

Artturi Lehkonen

Playoff Goals Against Leaders

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1.34

Swayman

Jeremy Swayman

1.75

Shesterkin

Igor Shesterkin

2.02

DeSmith

Casey DeSmith

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

5.50

Oilers

4.50

Rangers

3.75

Playoff Goals Against Rankings

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Rangers

1.75

Bruins

1.75

Hurricanes

2.25

Playoff Power Play Rankings

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Oilers

53.3

Golden Knights

50.0

Bruins

46.2

Playoff Penalty Kill Rankings

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Oilers

100.0

Canucks

93.3

Bruins

92.9

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/27
EDM EDM
@
LAK LAK
1-0
Sat
4/27
NYR NYR
@
WSH WSH
4-2
Sat
4/27
VAN VAN
@
NSH NSH
4-3
Sat
4/27
WPG WPG
@
COL COL
1-5
Fri
4/26
DAL DAL
@
VGK VGK
3-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
4/29
TBL TBL
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM
Mon
4/29
DAL DAL
@
VGK VGK
9:30 PM
Tue
4/30
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Tue
4/30
NYI NYI
@
CAR CAR
7:30 PM
Tue
4/30
COL COL
@
WPG WPG
9:30 PM