Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 13, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Tuesday, January 13, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 38–33.
Mike Bossy scored 4 goals. Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, George Ferguson, Rick Kehoe and Rod Schutt also scored.
Glenn Resch made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (21)Butch Goring (26), Anders Kallur (18)0–110:32 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (42)Clark Gillies (29), Stefan Persson (28)0–201:07 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (16)Bob Lorimer (7), Denis Potvin (36)0–316:28 NYI
George Ferguson (15)Randy Carlyle (44), Mario Faubert (29)1–318:38 PIT ·
3rd period
- Mike Bossy (43)Bryan Trottier (50), Clark Gillies (30)1–401:26 NYI ·
Rick Kehoe (31)Paul Gardner (15), Mario Faubert (30)2–402:53 PIT · 
Rod Schutt (15)Unassisted3–405:36 PIT- Mike Bossy (44)Denis Potvin (37), Stefan Persson (29)3–518:51 NYI ·
- Mike Bossy (45)Bryan Trottier (51), Clark Gillies (31)3–619:24 NYI ·
Team stats
PITNYI
3338
0%0%
2/63/5
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
Mario Faubert · interference2 min - 0:58 into the second periodRod Schutt · tripping2 min
- 2:21 into the second period
Dave Langevin · interference2 min - 3:20 into the second periodBob Lorimer · cross checking2 min
- 12:10 into the second periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodGarry Howatt · high sticking2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:52 into the second periodMario Faubert · holding2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 2:18 into the third periodAnders Kallur · cross checking2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |