Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, February 21, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Thursday, February 21, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 29–28.
Goals came from Ron Zanussi, Bryan Trottier, Dave Lewis, Steve Payne, Kent-Erik Andersson, Al MacAdam and Bobby Smith.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Zanussi (11)Mike Eaves (17), Tim Young (31)1–008:25 MNS · 
Bryan Trottier (31)Stefan Persson (23), Mike Bossy (26)1–114:43 NYI · 
Dave Lewis (4)Unassisted1–216:02 NYI
2nd period
Steve Payne (33)Al MacAdam (39), Fred Barrett (8)2–202:03 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (5)Brad Maxwell (22)3–204:08 MNS
Al MacAdam (34)Brad Maxwell (23), Bobby Smith (40)4–210:59 MNS ·
3rd period
Bobby Smith (16)Brad Maxwell (24), Steve Payne (34)5–216:12 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYI
2928
0%0%
2/31/1
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:38 into the first period
Dave Lewis · tripping2 min - 12:00 into the first period
Curt Giles · fighting5 min - 12:00 into the first periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 12:00 into the first periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 12:00 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 14:39 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodBilly Smith · elbowing2 min
- 16:46 into the third periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |