Atlanta Flames vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Atlanta Flames 6–3 on Tuesday, March 18, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Islanders 21–20.
Goals came from Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin, Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Duane Sutter, Jean Pronovost, Don Lever, Anders Kallur and Kent Nilsson.
Glenn Resch made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jim Craig stopped 6 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Stefan Persson (4)Mike Bossy (34), Denis Potvin (26)0–101:26 NYI · 
Denis Potvin (7)Mike Bossy (35), Anders Kallur (24)0–204:03 NYI
Bob Bourne (12)Bobby Nystrom (15), Wayne Merrick (19)0–309:46 NYI
Bryan Trottier (36)Mike Bossy (36), Bob Lorimer (15)0–410:42 NYI
2nd period
Duane Sutter (14)Clark Gillies (33)0–506:11 NYI
Jean Pronovost (21)Unassisted1–507:50 AFM
Don Lever (29)Ken Houston (25), Kent Nilsson (47)2–509:50 AFM
Anders Kallur (19)Unassisted2–616:43 NYI ·
3rd period
Kent Nilsson (33)Pekka Rautakallio (20), Don Lever (25)3–613:44 AFM
Team stats
AFMNYI
2120
0%0%
0/41/2
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Bob Murdoch · hooking2 min - 11:17 into the first period
Mike Bossy · tripping2 min - 0:39 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
- 9:01 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 13:31 into the second periodDan Bouchard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:53 into the second periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
- 19:39 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim CraigG | L | 11 | 5 | .545 |
| 30Dan BouchardG | 9 | 1 | .889 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |