St. Louis Blues vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Saturday, January 5, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Blues 32–23.
Wayne Merrick scored twice. Brian Sutter and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Merrick (5)John Tonelli (14), Gord Lane (9)0–107:35 NYI
Brian Sutter (12)Ralph Klassen (9), Joe Micheletti (12)1–117:28 STL
3rd period
- Wayne Merrick (6)John Tonelli (15)1–212:09 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (23)Bryan Trottier (32), Stefan Persson (15)1–319:36 NYI ·
Team stats
STLNYI
2332
0%0%
0/52/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:08 into the first period
Stefan Persson · tripping2 min - 12:56 into the first period
Rick Lapointe · holding2 min - 17:31 into the first periodBernie Federko · slashing2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodBilly Smith · tripping2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodBrian Sutter · tripping2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodRick Lapointe · holding2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |