Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 26, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Saturday, January 26, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Whalers outshot the Islanders 31–28.
Goals came from Anders Kallur, Greg Carroll, Clark Gillies, Wayne Merrick and Larry Giroux.
Glenn Resch made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Kallur (10)Bob Bourne (11), Billy Harris (10)0–113:32 NYI
2nd period
Greg Carroll (7)Rick Ley (8), Dave Debol (4)1–100:48 HFD
Clark Gillies (13)Mike Bossy (21)1–201:21 NYI
Wayne Merrick (9)Bobby Nystrom (8), John Tonelli (22)1–302:18 NYI
3rd period
Larry Giroux (1)Mark Howe (26)2–305:55 HFD
Team stats
HFDNYI
3128
0%0%
0/00/0
00
00
00
00
00
Penalties
No penalties.
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |