New York Islanders vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 on Wednesday, January 28, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Islanders outshot the Maple Leafs 33–32.
Anders Kallur scored twice and Bruce Boudreau scored twice. Clark Gillies, John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier, Wilf Paiement, Steve Tambellini and Terry Martin also scored.
Billy Smith made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (23)Bob Bourne (28), Stefan Persson (35)1–000:41 NYI
John Tonelli (16)Bobby Nystrom (16), Steve Tambellini (13)2–016:39 NYI
Bryan Trottier (21)Anders Kallur (21), Denis Potvin (41)3–018:18 NYI ·
2nd period
Anders Kallur (29)Bryan Trottier (59), Stefan Persson (36)4–009:28 NYI · 
Wilf Paiement (21)Dan Maloney (14), Robert Picard (14)4–115:51 TOR ·
3rd period
- Anders Kallur (30)Bryan Trottier (60)5–100:45 NYI
Bruce Boudreau (2)Unassisted5–202:32 TOR
Steve Tambellini (15)Clark Gillies (35)6–205:26 NYI · 
Terry Martin (7)Darryl Sittler (23), Dave Farrish (9)6–313:20 TOR- Bruce Boudreau (3)Dave Farrish (10), John Anderson (13)6–419:01 TOR
Team stats
NYITOR
3332
0%0%
3/101/6
1220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:22 into the first period
Dave Langevin · holding2 min - 7:46 into the first periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 8:53 into the first period
Ian Turnbull · interference2 min - 11:13 into the first periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 13:21 into the first periodDan Maloney · holding2 min
- 17:47 into the first periodBorje Salming · tripping2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 4:43 into the second periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodDarryl Sittler · holding2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · elbowing2 min
- 17:06 into the second periodBruce Boudreau · high sticking2 min
- 3:15 into the third periodBruce Boudreau · tripping2 min
- 3:20 into the third periodWilf Paiement · hooking2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodDarryl Sittler · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodRocky Saganiuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |