New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, February 12, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Thursday, February 12, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 34–25.
Steve Tambellini scored twice. Ross Lonsberry, Clark Gillies, Greg Malone, Rick Kehoe, Gregg Sheppard and Randy Carlyle also scored.
Greg Millen made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Ross Lonsberry (14)Dave Burrows (2)0–106:51 PIT · 
Steve Tambellini (17)Unassisted1–117:59 NYI- Steve Tambellini (18)John Tonelli (26), Gord Lane (7)2–118:13 NYI
2nd period
Clark Gillies (25)Mike Bossy (39), Denis Potvin (47)3–118:38 NYI
Greg Malone (12)Rod Schutt (19), Peter Lee (20)3–219:11 PIT
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (40)Paul Gardner (23)3–315:56 PIT
Gregg Sheppard (5)Errol Thompson (15), Ron Stackhouse (21)3–416:48 PIT
Randy Carlyle (7)Unassisted3–519:58 PIT ·
Team stats
NYIPIT
2534
0%0%
0/40/6
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:24 into the first period
Dave Langevin · holding2 min - 5:32 into the first period
Pat Hughes · interference2 min - 10:07 into the first periodBryan Trottier · cross checking2 min
- 13:16 into the first periodGarry Howatt · elbowing2 min
- 13:16 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · holding2 min
- 15:35 into the first periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 11:27 into the second periodAnders Kallur · interference2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 14:48 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · fighting5 min
- 0:40 into the third periodPaul Baxter · charging2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodPaul Gardner · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |