New York Islanders vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (38)John Tonelli (15), Denis Potvin (30)1–015:44 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (11)John Tonelli (16)2–018:54 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (7)Ken Morrow (2), Bryan Trottier (45)3–009:27 NYI
Mike Rogers (23)Pat Boutette (25), Blaine Stoughton (14)3–116:50 HFD
3rd period
Tom Rowe (6)Unassisted3–200:53 HFD
Jordy Douglas (10)Al Sims (11), Ray Neufeld (9)3–301:17 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (18)Mike Rogers (33), Al Sims (12)3–410:46 HFD · - Mike Rogers (24)Blaine Stoughton (15), Pat Boutette (26)3–513:48 HFD ·
- John Tonelli (8)Mike Bossy (21), Stefan Persson (25)4–516:09 NYI ·
Anders Kallur (22)Butch Goring (22)5–518:33 NYI
Team stats
NYIHFD
3628
0%0%
2/42/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:50 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 6:25 into the second periodMark Howe · tripping2 min
- 10:17 into the second period
Bob Lorimer · cross checking2 min - 8:06 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · slashing2 min
- 9:48 into the third periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 12:31 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | T | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | T | 36 | 5 | .861 |