New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 22, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Saturday, November 22, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 35–28.
Goals came from Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy, Dave Silk, Phil Esposito, Anders Kallur, Butch Goring, Jere Gillis, John Tonelli, Dave Maloney and Stefan Persson.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (9)Bryan Trottier (25), Mike Bossy (12)0–102:26 NYI
Mike Bossy (23)Denis Potvin (17), Clark Gillies (16)0–205:40 NYI · 
Dave Silk (4)Ed Hospodar (3)1–211:00 NYR
Phil Esposito (4)Steve Vickers (8), Chris Kotsopoulos (1)2–212:42 NYR · 
Anders Kallur (10)Bob Bourne (13), Dave Langevin (4)2–314:06 NYI
2nd period
Butch Goring (9)Mike Bossy (13), Denis Potvin (18)2–409:01 NYI · 
Jere Gillis (3)Chris Kotsopoulos (2), Barry Beck (4)3–412:42 NYR ·
3rd period
John Tonelli (4)Bobby Nystrom (6), Wayne Merrick (3)3–500:15 NYI
Dave Maloney (2)Anders Hedberg (9), Mike Allison (7)4–511:56 NYR
Stefan Persson (1)Anders Kallur (7), Bob Bourne (14)4–613:52 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
3528
0%0%
2/62/4
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:44 into the first period
Barry Beck · hooking2 min - 8:05 into the first period
John Tonelli · hooking2 min - 11:51 into the first periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 18:31 into the first periodDave Langevin · roughing2 min
- 18:37 into the first periodDon Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · interference2 min
- 10:42 into the second periodWayne Merrick · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 1:21 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · interference2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |