Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 9–6 on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Maple Leafs outshot the Islanders 47–38.
Bobby Nystrom scored twice, Billy Harris scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Clark Gillies, John Anderson, Duane Sutter, Borje Salming, Pat Hickey, Steve Tambellini, Dave Williams, Paul Gardner and Dan Maloney also scored.
Glenn Resch made 41 saves on 47 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (11)Bryan Trottier (35), Dave Lewis (8)0–112:53 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (10)John Tonelli (19)0–213:58 NYI
Billy Harris (9)Bobby Nystrom (6), John Tonelli (20)0–318:09 NYI
John Anderson (12)Unassisted1–319:05 TOR
2nd period
- Billy Harris (10)Bob Bourne (10)1–402:09 NYI
Duane Sutter (8)Garry Howatt (4), Stefan Persson (19)1–504:47 NYI
Mike Bossy (28)Wayne Merrick (12), Anders Kallur (16)1–610:03 NYI · 
Borje Salming (10)Darryl Sittler (22)2–612:05 TOR- Bobby Nystrom (11)John Tonelli (21), Wayne Merrick (13)2–714:45 NYI
- Mike Bossy (29)Bryan Trottier (36), Clark Gillies (26)2–817:04 NYI
3rd period
Pat Hickey (11)Laurie Boschman (19), Ian Turnbull (15)3–803:30 TOR
Steve Tambellini (4)Garry Howatt (5), Stefan Persson (20)3–908:41 NYI
Dave Williams (18)Darryl Sittler (23), Pat Ribble (3)4–909:19 TOR
Paul Gardner (9)Dan Maloney (12), Borje Salming (29)5–915:52 TOR · 
Dan Maloney (14)Paul Gardner (9)6–919:16 TOR ·
Team stats
TORNYI
4738
0%0%
2/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:06 into the first period
Billy Harris · elbowing2 min - 15:30 into the first period
Dave Williams · holding2 min - 8:20 into the second periodPat Ribble · holding2 min
- 17:38 into the second periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodWilf Paiement · hooking2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · slashing2 min
- 17:32 into the third periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 7 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Robert StephensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Carl BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vincent TremblayG | 14 | 3 | .786 | |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 47 | 6 | .872 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |