New York Islanders vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Thursday, October 16, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Islanders 31–28.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Jody Gage, Errol Thompson, John Ogrodnick, John Tonelli, Anders Kallur, Mike Bossy and Dale McCourt also scored.
Glenn Resch made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (1)Bob Bourne (3)1–000:34 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (1)Steve Tambellini (1), Denis Potvin (3)2–011:35 NYI · 
Jody Gage (1)Peter Mahovlich (1), Rick Smith (1)2–113:42 DET
2nd period
- Bryan Trottier (2)Mike Bossy (4), Bob Bourne (4)3–108:56 NYI
Errol Thompson (2)Dale McCourt (4), Reed Larson (1)3–211:11 DET · 
John Ogrodnick (2)George Lyle (1)3–311:43 DET
3rd period
John Tonelli (1)Bobby Nystrom (2)4–307:17 NYI
Anders Kallur (3)Mike Bossy (5), Dave Langevin (2)5–310:56 NYI
Mike Bossy (3)Bob Bourne (5), Denis Potvin (4)6–314:19 NYI · 
Dale McCourt (4)Errol Thompson (2), Willie Huber (3)6–416:34 DET ·
Team stats
NYIDET
2831
0%0%
2/22/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:38 into the first period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 10:14 into the first period
John Ogrodnick · hooking2 min - 15:35 into the first periodReed Larson · slashing2 min
- 15:35 into the first periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodGilles Gilbert · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |