Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 8, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–3 on Saturday, November 8, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 36–30.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Butch Goring, Ted Bulley, Darryl Sutter, Bryan Trottier, Steve Tambellini, Bob Murray and Duane Sutter also scored.
Roland Melanson made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Butch Goring (7)Bob Bourne (8)0–105:42 NYI
Ted Bulley (3)Tim Higgins (8)1–110:54 CHI
Darryl Sutter (7)Mike O'connell (9), Doug Wilson (6)2–118:05 CHI ·
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (5)Unassisted2–207:33 NYI
Mike Bossy (13)Clark Gillies (8), Bryan Trottier (11)2–315:04 NYI
Steve Tambellini (3)Duane Sutter (9), John Tonelli (6)2–419:04 NYI
3rd period
- Mike Bossy (14)Bryan Trottier (12), Clark Gillies (9)2–505:47 NYI
Bob Murray (1)Mike O'connell (10)3–517:20 CHI · 
Duane Sutter (6)Unassisted3–618:08 NYI- Mike Bossy (15)Bryan Trottier (13)3–719:47 NYI
Team stats
CHINYI
3036
0%0%
2/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:56 into the first period
Anders Kallur · hooking2 min - 12:11 into the first period
Doug Wilson · interference2 min - 18:00 into the first periodDave Langevin · hooking2 min
- 3:30 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodDoug Wilson · interference2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 4 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roland MelansonG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |