Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

4–6

27–34

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–4 on Tuesday, March 4, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Oilers 34–27.

Don Ashby scored twice, Mike Bossy scored a hat trick and Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Wayne Merrick, Denis Potvin and Garry Howatt also scored.

Glenn Resch made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jim Corsi stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
EDM	1	1	2	4	27
NYI	2	3	1	6	34

Scoring

1st period

Wayne Merrick (11)Garry Howatt (9), Bobby Nystrom (12)0–100:50 NYI
Don Ashby (1)Wayne Gretzky (69), Kevin Lowe (12)1–102:40 EDM ·
Mike Bossy (43)Anders Kallur (23)1–213:32 NYI

2nd period

Denis Potvin (5)Bobby Nystrom (13), Wayne Merrick (18)1–304:07 NYI
Garry Howatt (7)Bryan Trottier (52), Bob Lorimer (11)1–409:21 NYI
Mike Bossy (44)Denis Potvin (19), Bob Lorimer (12)1–510:15 NYI
Don Ashby (2)Pat Price (16), Wayne Gretzky (70)2–517:00 EDM ·

3rd period

Wayne Gretzky (36)Blair MacDonald (39), Don Ashby (2)3–503:48 EDM ·
Wayne Gretzky (37)Blair MacDonald (40)4–512:35 EDM
Mike Bossy (45)Denis Potvin (20), Bob Lorimer (13)4–618:13 NYI

Team stats

EDMNYI

2734

0%0%

3/50/7

4837

Penalties

1:42 into the first periodGord Lane · high sticking5 min
2:14 into the first periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
5:30 into the first periodAl Hamilton · holding2 min
8:00 into the first periodPat Price · roughing2 min
8:09 into the first periodColin Campbell · fighting5 min
8:09 into the first periodBob Bourne · fighting5 min
7:12 into the second periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
7:12 into the second periodDave Langevin · fighting5 min
8:14 into the second periodPat Price · roughing2 min
8:14 into the second periodWayne Merrick · elbowing2 min
13:48 into the second periodPat Price · delaying game2 min
16:00 into the second periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
17:56 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
18:47 into the second periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
2:01 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
6:43 into the third periodBench · not proceeding directly to penalty box2 min
6:43 into the third periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
6:43 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · misconduct10 min
6:43 into the third periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
6:43 into the third periodGord Lane · misconduct10 min
7:41 into the third periodJim Corsi · slashing2 min
7:41 into the third periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
19:19 into the third periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min

Season series

Oilers vs Islanders head-to-head →

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

99Wayne GretzkyC	2	2	4	−4	4	0	–	–
19Don AshbyC	2	1	3	−3	3	0	–	–
14Blair MacDonaldR	0	2	2	−4	7	0	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
26Pat PriceD	0	1	1	−3	0	16	–	–
7Ron ChipperfieldC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	1	9	–	–
12Dave HunterL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
17Cam ConnorR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
20Dave LumleyR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
21Stan WeirC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
24Peter DriscollL	0	0	0	−1	0	10	–	–
27Dave SemenkoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Lee FogolinD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
3Al HamiltonD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
5Doug HicksD	0	0	0	−4	5	0	–	–
6Colin CampbellD	0	0	0	0	2	5	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
31Eddie MioG		11	8	3	.727	24:07
35Jim CorsiG	L	23	20	3	.870	34:44

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

22Mike BossyR	3	0	3	+3	6	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	3	3	+5	1	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	2	3	+6	8	2	–	–
8Garry HowattL	1	1	2	+3	2	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	1	1	2	+3	4	2	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	1	1	+4	3	2	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
15Billy HarrisR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Steve TambelliniC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
17Garth MacGuiganC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	0	0	17	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	−1	1	5	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG	W	27	23	4	.852	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00