🏝️ Away Islanders 17-16-0 before this game

2–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 15-18-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	2
DET	0	0	0	4

Islanders at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Islanders 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 30, 1979.

🗓 Sun, Dec 30, 1979 · 18:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Errol Thompson

1 G, 1 A

6 shots

2nd star 🐙 DET

Jim Korn

2 A

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Gord Lane

2 A

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI DET🐙

32 Shots on goal 27

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

53 Penalty minutes 49

NYI shooting 6.2% (2/32) DET shooting 14.8% (4/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Glenn Resch

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:09 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Rogie Vachon

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 17-16 (52% win rate, 33 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 15-18 (45% win rate, 33 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 17-16 (52% win rate, 33 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 15-18 (45% win rate, 33 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 17, 1979

🐙DET @ 🏝️NYI

5–4 · Red Wings won

❓ NYI vs DET, answered

Who won Islanders vs Red Wings on December 30, 1979?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Red Wings?

The final score was Islanders 2, Red Wings 4.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Glenn Resch made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 27

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 30, 1979

Islanders season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule