Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, February 3, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–1 on Tuesday, February 3, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 34–30.
Goals came from Bobby Nystrom, Denis Potvin, Steve Tambellini, Anders Kallur, Jerry Korab, Clark Gillies, Butch Goring, Stefan Persson and Wayne Merrick.
Glenn Resch made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Paul Pageau stopped 26 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (12)John Tonelli (24), Dave Langevin (10)0–102:04 NYI
Denis Potvin (14)Bryan Trottier (61), Mike Bossy (36)0–212:01 NYI · 
Steve Tambellini (16)Bobby Nystrom (18), Denis Potvin (44)0–313:30 NYI
2nd period
Anders Kallur (31)Mike Bossy (37), Bob Bourne (29)0–409:54 NYI · 
Jerry Korab (6)Mark Hardy (14), Jim Fox (16)1–417:40 LAK ·
3rd period
Clark Gillies (24)Stefan Persson (38)1–501:06 NYI · 
Butch Goring (20)Bob Bourne (30), Denis Potvin (45)1–602:06 NYI
Stefan Persson (6)Clark Gillies (36), Bryan Trottier (62)1–706:28 NYI · 
Wayne Merrick (5)Mike Bossy (38), Garry Howatt (7)1–811:19 NYI
Team stats
LAKNYI
3034
0%0%
1/64/6
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · holding2 min - 7:22 into the first periodDave Langevin · cross checking2 min
- 10:42 into the first period
Larry Murphy · tripping2 min - 1:31 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodDoug Halward · tripping2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodRob Palmer · holding2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodDave Langevin · cross checking2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodDan Bonar · roughing2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodDan Bonar · slashing2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodKen Morrow · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBilly Harris · holding2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodDean Hopkins · high sticking2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodMike Bossy · high sticking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodLarry Murphy · interference2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Paul PageauG | L | 34 | 8 | .765 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |