New York Islanders vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, January 22, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–0 on Thursday, January 22, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Islanders 34–21.
Clark Gillies scored twice. Gord Lane also scored.
Billy Smith made 34 saves on 34 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 18 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Lane (1)Lorne Henning (1)1–001:43 NYI
Clark Gillies (20)Mike Bossy (32), Ken Morrow (4)2–004:08 NYI
3rd period
- Clark Gillies (21)Denis Potvin (40), Mike Bossy (33)3–019:56 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIDET
2134
0%0%
0/20/4
2016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:42 into the first period
Clark Gillies · interference2 min - 14:48 into the first period
Mike Blaisdell · hooking2 min - 1:11 into the second periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodMike Foligno · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodMike Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 10:25 into the second periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodGord Lane · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodGord Lane · misconduct10 min
- 19:25 into the second periodDale McCourt · hooking2 min
- 6:58 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 34 | 0 | 1.000 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Claude LegrisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 20 | 2 | .900 |