Detroit Red Wings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 4, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Tuesday, November 4, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Goals came from Clark Gillies, John Ogrodnick, Bobby Nystrom, Butch Goring, Mike Foligno, Bob Bourne, Mike Bossy, Errol Thompson, Duane Sutter and George Lyle.
Roland Melanson made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (5)Denis Potvin (10), Stefan Persson (6)0–104:11 NYI · 
John Ogrodnick (7)George Lyle (7), Paul Woods (4)1–104:39 DET
Bobby Nystrom (4)Butch Goring (8), Denis Potvin (11)1–206:41 NYI
Butch Goring (6)Bob Bourne (7)1–306:58 NYI
Mike Foligno (4)Vaclav Nedomansky (1)2–309:40 DET
2nd period
Bob Bourne (4)Denis Potvin (12)2–415:56 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Bossy (10)Denis Potvin (13), Bryan Trottier (9)2–501:41 NYI · 
Errol Thompson (7)George Lyle (8), John Ogrodnick (5)3–503:56 DET · 
Duane Sutter (5)John Tonelli (5), Denis Potvin (14)3–604:35 NYI · 
George Lyle (4)Mike Blaisdell (4)4–619:59 DET
Team stats
DETNYI
3333
0%0%
1/33/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:12 into the first period
Mike Foligno · hooking2 min - 19:43 into the first periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 11:50 into the second period
Duane Sutter · holding2 min - 15:45 into the second periodBob Lorimer · tripping2 min
- 1:26 into the third periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 4:15 into the third periodJohn Ogrodnick · hooking2 min
- 11:01 into the third periodPaul Woods · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roland MelansonG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |