New York Islanders vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, April 4, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Atlanta Flames 7–3 on Friday, April 4, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Flames 31–28.
Bobby Nystrom scored twice, Bob MacMillan scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored twice. Jean Pronovost, Duane Sutter, Clark Gillies and Wayne Merrick also scored.
Glenn Resch made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 24 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (19)Stefan Persson (33), Dave Langevin (12)1–002:56 NYI
Bob MacMillan (21)Guy Chouinard (45), Eric Vail (25)1–111:46 AFM- Bobby Nystrom (20)John Tonelli (29), Dave Langevin (13)2–112:14 NYI
Bryan Trottier (41)Bob Bourne (25), Mike Bossy (40)3–116:54 NYI
2nd period
Jean Pronovost (24)Bob MacMillan (39), Guy Chouinard (46)3–204:54 AFM- Bryan Trottier (42)Duane Sutter (8), Garry Howatt (11)4–214:16 NYI
- Bob MacMillan (22)Unassisted4–318:00 AFM ·
3rd period
Duane Sutter (15)Butch Goring (52)5–311:41 NYI
Clark Gillies (19)Butch Goring (53), Duane Sutter (9)6–312:43 NYI
Wayne Merrick (13)Bobby Nystrom (18), Stefan Persson (34)7–318:23 NYI
Team stats
NYIAFM
3128
0%0%
0/20/1
24
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the second period
Stefan Persson · interference2 min - 9:43 into the second period
Kent Nilsson · hooking2 min - 16:38 into the second periodWilli Plett · charging2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 31 | 7 | .774 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |