New York Islanders vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 9–0 on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 33–26.
Bob Bourne scored twice and Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Wayne Merrick, Bobby Nystrom, Denis Potvin and John Tonelli also scored.
Glenn Resch made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 24 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Merrick (3)Bobby Nystrom (11), Bob Lorimer (5)1–012:27 NYI
Bob Bourne (18)Anders Kallur (14), Butch Goring (20)2–013:45 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (7)Steve Tambellini (7), John Tonelli (14)3–014:12 NYI
Mike Bossy (35)Bryan Trottier (42), Clark Gillies (23)4–015:38 NYI
2nd period
Denis Potvin (13)Unassisted5–004:04 NYI- Mike Bossy (36)Bryan Trottier (43)6–019:19 NYI
3rd period
- Bob Bourne (19)Bryan Trottier (44), Mike Bossy (20)7–000:56 NYI
- Mike Bossy (37)Clark Gillies (24), Denis Potvin (28)8–003:36 NYI ·
John Tonelli (6)Stefan Persson (24), Steve Tambellini (8)9–007:12 NYI
Team stats
NYICHI
3326
0%0%
1/30/2
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
Ted Bulley · holding2 min - 1:43 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · interference2 min
- 1:43 into the second period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 9:02 into the second periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodDave Langevin · hooking2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodKeith Brown · high sticking2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodTim Higgins · slashing2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodStefan Persson · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 33 | 9 | .727 |