Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 28, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–4 on Tuesday, October 28, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 33–31.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Denis Potvin, Steve Shutt, Keith Acton, Clark Gillies, Bobby Nystrom, Mario Tremblay and Pierre Larouche also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (2)Stefan Persson (5), Duane Sutter (7)0–106:02 NYI · 
Steve Shutt (5)Serge Savard (2), Keith Acton (3)1–106:27 MTL
2nd period
Keith Acton (2)Unassisted2–103:29 MTL
Clark Gillies (4)Jean Potvin (1), Butch Goring (5)2–207:02 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (3)Wayne Merrick (2)2–308:50 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Bossy (6)Denis Potvin (9), Bryan Trottier (5)2–406:38 NYI · - Mike Bossy (7)Bryan Trottier (6), Anders Kallur (2)2–509:28 NYI
Mario Tremblay (6)Keith Acton (4), Yvon Lambert (3)3–517:44 MTL
Pierre Larouche (3)Mark Napier (3), Steve Shutt (3)4–519:08 MTL- Mike Bossy (8)Bryan Trottier (7)4–619:30 NYI ·
Team stats
MTLNYI
3331
0%0%
0/53/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:10 into the first period
Doug Wickenheiser · tripping2 min - 7:36 into the first period
Bob Bourne · holding2 min - 16:43 into the first periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
- 1:21 into the second periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 4:50 into the third periodGaston Gingras · high sticking2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodYvon Lambert · hooking2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 10 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |