Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 7, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (54)Steve Tambellini (16)0–101:07 NYI · 
Denis Potvin (15)Steve Tambellini (17), Stefan Persson (42)0–204:56 NYI
Garry Howatt (2)Bob Bourne (32), Stefan Persson (43)0–314:02 NYI
Wayne Merrick (6)John Tonelli (25), Gord Lane (6)0–415:00 NYI
Bob Bourne (24)Denis Potvin (46), Anders Kallur (23)0–517:41 NYI · 
Craig Hartsburg (8)Dino Ciccarelli (1), Bobby Smith (40)1–519:54 MNS ·
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (1)Bobby Smith (41), Craig Hartsburg (18)2–501:17 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (15)Gordie Roberts (25), Al MacAdam (33)3–501:35 MNS
Steve Payne (21)Dino Ciccarelli (2), Curt Giles (15)4–515:45 MNS
3rd period
- Steve Christoff (16)Craig Hartsburg (19), Mike Eaves (18)5–518:41 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYI
3428
0%0%
2/42/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:04 into the first period
Dino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min - 1:24 into the first period
Clark Gillies · charging2 min - 2:53 into the first periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 15:45 into the first periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
- 16:02 into the first periodDon Beaupre · slashing2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodDave Langevin · elbowing2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 2:14 into the second periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · cross checking2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodSteve Christoff · slashing2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 28 | 5 | .821 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | T | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |