Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Maple Leafs 36–31.
John Tonelli scored 5 goals and Rick Vaive scored twice. Bryan Trottier and Ron Ellis also scored.
Glenn Resch made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (10)Mike Bossy (22), Bryan Trottier (48)0–110:06 NYI
Bryan Trottier (13)Denis Potvin (32), Mike Bossy (23)0–215:48 NYI ·
2nd period
- John Tonelli (11)Dave Langevin (6), Mike Bossy (24)0–301:43 NYI
Rick Vaive (19)Darryl Sittler (18), Greg Hotham (1)1–319:59 TOR
3rd period
- John Tonelli (12)Mike Bossy (25), Stefan Persson (27)1–401:53 NYI
Ron Ellis (2)Dave Farrish (7), Laurie Boschman (16)2–409:56 TOR- Rick Vaive (20)Dave Farrish (8), Pat Hickey (15)3–416:06 TOR
- John Tonelli (13)Bryan Trottier (49), Mike Bossy (26)3–517:02 NYI
- John Tonelli (14)Mike Bossy (27)3–619:18 NYI ·
Team stats
TORNYI
3136
0%0%
0/21/3
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:29 into the first period
Dave Farrish · interference2 min - 14:16 into the first periodGreg Hotham · kneeing2 min
- 18:10 into the first period
Garry Howatt · holding2 min - 8:19 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodBob Lorimer · fighting5 min
- 14:29 into the second periodWilf Paiement · fighting5 min
- 5:31 into the third periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
- 5:31 into the third periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 5:31 into the third periodBarry Melrose · slashing2 min
- 5:31 into the third periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 7:34 into the third periodJohn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodBob Lorimer · interference2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · high sticking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Greg HothamD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28William McCrearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 6 | 6 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 5 | 0 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |