Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, October 11, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 24–21.
Goals came from Denis Potvin, Butch Goring, Bob Bourne, Duane Sutter, Peter McNab, Anders Kallur and Wayne Cashman.
Billy Smith made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (1)Bob Bourne (1), Stefan Persson (1)0–103:53 NYI ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (1)Clark Gillies (1), Duane Sutter (1)0–202:07 NYI
Bob Bourne (1)Mike Bossy (1), Stefan Persson (2)0–310:03 NYI · 
Duane Sutter (1)Butch Goring (1), Clark Gillies (2)0–411:55 NYI
3rd period
Peter McNab (2)Rick Middleton (2), Brad Park (1)1–414:12 BOS · 
Anders Kallur (1)Bob Bourne (2)1–515:25 NYI · 
Wayne Cashman (1)Brad Park (2), Rick Middleton (3)2–515:59 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNYI
2124
0%0%
2/82/7
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:32 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · interference2 min - 4:16 into the first period
Bobby Nystrom · hooking2 min - 7:45 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 7:45 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 11:46 into the first periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 14:56 into the first periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodGarry Howatt · high sticking2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodBilly Smith · interference2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodStan Jonathan · high sticking2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodMike Bossy · interference2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · charging2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodSteve Tambellini · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
- 15:04 into the third periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 17:56 into the third periodRay Bourque · boarding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |