New York Islanders vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, March 16, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 39–35.
Duane Sutter scored twice. Denis Potvin, Butch Goring, Tom Lysiak, Mike Bossy and Bobby Nystrom also scored.
Glenn Resch made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (6)Stefan Persson (26), Mike Bossy (33)1–012:39 NYI · 
Duane Sutter (12)Ken Morrow (3), Clark Gillies (32)2–014:54 NYI
Butch Goring (21)Duane Sutter (7)3–016:34 NYI
3rd period
Tom Lysiak (23)Mike O'connell (20), Rich Preston (25)3–104:47 CHI · 
Mike Bossy (50)Bryan Trottier (58), Stefan Persson (27)4–108:38 NYI · 
Bobby Nystrom (17)Gord Lane (17)5–115:05 NYI- Duane Sutter (13)Stefan Persson (28)6–115:30 NYI
Team stats
NYICHI
3935
0%0%
2/71/8
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Dave Langevin · tripping2 min - 6:52 into the first period
Greg Fox · hooking2 min - 7:17 into the first periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 11:31 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 18:50 into the first periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 2:00 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodDoug Wilson · interference2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodGarry Howatt · elbowing2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodJohn Marks · tripping2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodJean Potvin · tripping2 min
- 18:05 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 18:05 into the third periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 19:58 into the third periodJean Potvin · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |