New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1980 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Wednesday, December 10, 1980 at Northlands Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Oilers 28–22.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Stan Weir, Blair MacDonald and Denis Potvin also scored.
Billy Smith made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Weir (6)Charlie Huddy (5), Lee Fogolin (7)0–106:40 EDM
2nd period
Mike Bossy (29)Bryan Trottier (33), Stefan Persson (18)1–100:49 NYI
Blair MacDonald (10)Mark Messier (9)1–203:03 EDM
Denis Potvin (9)Stefan Persson (19), Clark Gillies (20)2–211:37 NYI ·
3rd period
- Mike Bossy (30)Bryan Trottier (34), Denis Potvin (25)3–219:29 NYI
Team stats
NYIEDM
2822
0%0%
1/10/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:10 into the second period
Gord Lane · holding2 min - 10:04 into the second period
Stan Weir · holding2 min - 14:11 into the second periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |