New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Friday, January 2, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 23–17.
Dave Maloney scored twice. Clark Gillies and Steve Vickers also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Clark Gillies (16)Bobby Nystrom (14), Steve Tambellini (11)1–018:47 NYI
Dave Maloney (5)Anders Hedberg (21), Barry Beck (8)1–119:45 NYR ·
3rd period
- Dave Maloney (6)Dave Silk (9), Gary Burns (1)1–206:13 NYR ·
Steve Vickers (11)Walt Tkaczuk (15), Carol Vadnais (8)1–319:49 NYR ·
Team stats
NYINYR
1723
0%0%
0/42/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 0:59 into the first period
Phil Esposito · roughing2 min - 5:06 into the first periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodGary Burns · holding2 min
- 11:41 into the first periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 1:37 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 1:37 into the second periodDave Maloney · roughing2 min
- 6:20 into the second periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodDean Talafous · hooking2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff BanduraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |