New York Islanders vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Thursday, December 4, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Islanders outshot the Rockies 35–25.
Goals came from Rene Robert, Lanny McDonald, Wayne Merrick, Lucien DeBlois, Rob Ramage, Steve Tambellini and Clark Gillies.
Hardy Astrom made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rene Robert (4)Lanny McDonald (11), Merlin Malinowski (10)0–104:17 CLR · 
Lanny McDonald (11)Lucien DeBlois (7)0–208:37 CLR
Wayne Merrick (2)Garry Howatt (3), Clark Gillies (19)1–213:49 NYI
Lucien DeBlois (5)Mike Gillis (3), Doug Berry (6)1–316:46 CLR
2nd period
Rob Ramage (7)Unassisted1–415:18 CLR ·
3rd period
Steve Tambellini (7)John Tonelli (10), Mike Bossy (15)2–404:52 NYI
Clark Gillies (11)Anders Kallur (12), Denis Potvin (24)3–418:37 NYI ·
Team stats
NYICLR
3525
0%0%
1/61/3
3531
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:24 into the first period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 6:27 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · hooking2 min - 1:13 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · high sticking2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodAnders Kallur · hooking2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodRon Delorme · fighting5 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMike Kitchen · misconduct10 min
- 13:44 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · misconduct10 min
- 13:44 into the second periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 13:44 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · misconduct10 min
- 16:03 into the second periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · interference2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodJack Hughes · slashing2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |