Colorado Rockies vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Colorado Rockies 9–3 on Tuesday, December 30, 1980 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rockies 47–32.
Butch Goring scored a hat trick and Anders Kallur scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Steve Tambellini, Yvon Vautour, Clark Gillies, Stefan Persson, Walt McKechnie and Lucien DeBlois also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Butch Goring (13)Bob Bourne (21), Anders Kallur (15)0–103:25 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (8)Steve Tambellini (9), Clark Gillies (25)0–208:56 NYI
Anders Kallur (23)Butch Goring (23)0–311:05 NYI
Steve Tambellini (11)Bobby Nystrom (12), Clark Gillies (26)0–412:55 NYI
Yvon Vautour (9)Lanny McDonald (21)1–413:19 CLR
2nd period
- Butch Goring (14)Bob Bourne (22), Gord Lane (3)1–503:19 NYI
Clark Gillies (15)Steve Tambellini (10), Bobby Nystrom (13)1–610:30 NYI
3rd period
- Anders Kallur (24)Bob Bourne (23), Gord Lane (4)1–702:39 NYI
Stefan Persson (4)John Tonelli (17), Bryan Trottier (46)1–804:58 NYI · 
Walt McKechnie (9)Mike Gillis (5), Mike McEwen (19)2–817:08 CLR
Lucien DeBlois (10)Ron Delorme (11), Jack Valiquette (3)3–818:24 CLR- Butch Goring (15)Anders Kallur (16), Garry Howatt (5)3–919:09 NYI
Team stats
CLRNYI
3247
0%0%
0/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:30 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 17:04 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 15:27 into the second periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 3:17 into the third periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Joseph WardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Jari KaarelaG | 16 | 3 | .813 |
New York Islanders
| 28Anders KallurC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |