Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, February 17, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

8–5

40–32

Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 8–5 on Tuesday, February 17, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Maple Leafs outshot the Islanders 40–32.

Rick Vaive scored twice and Denis Potvin scored twice. Robert Picard, Bob Lorimer, Bill Derlago, Wayne Merrick, Bruce Boudreau, Mike Bossy, Darryl Sittler, Wilf Paiement and Rocky Saganiuk also scored.

Jim Rutherford made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 13 of 15.

Goals
TOR	3	3	2	8	40
NYI	2	3	0	5	32

Scoring

1st period

Robert Picard (6)Darryl Sittler (30), Wilf Paiement (38)1–002:11 TOR
Bob Lorimer (1)Unassisted1–106:29 NYI
Bill Derlago (22)Pat Hickey (24), Rick Vaive (25)2–107:51 TOR
Wayne Merrick (7)Bobby Nystrom (20), Ken Morrow (5)2–216:04 NYI
Rick Vaive (24)Dave Farrish (13), Bill Derlago (26)3–219:16 TOR ·

2nd period

Bruce Boudreau (6)Rocky Saganiuk (16)4–203:04 TOR
Denis Potvin (16)Clark Gillies (37), Anders Kallur (24)4–309:53 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (55)Clark Gillies (38)4–411:00 NYI ·
Darryl Sittler (32)Ian Turnbull (30), Wilf Paiement (39)5–412:54 TOR
Denis Potvin (17)Bobby Nystrom (21)5–513:19 NYI
Rick Vaive (25)Bill Derlago (27), Borje Salming (46)6–517:49 TOR

3rd period

Wilf Paiement (28)Darryl Sittler (31)7–510:32 TOR
Rocky Saganiuk (9)Ian Turnbull (31)8–519:54 TOR ·

Team stats

TORNYI

4032

0%0%

1/32/3

1919

Penalties

9:19 into the first periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
9:19 into the first periodBorje Salming · roughing2 min
12:17 into the first periodAnders Kallur · high sticking2 min
12:17 into the first periodPat Hickey · slashing2 min
15:00 into the first periodBill Derlago · hooking2 min
15:31 into the first periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
17:24 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
19:29 into the first periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
8:30 into the second periodBarry Melrose · interference2 min
10:16 into the second periodJean Potvin · high sticking2 min
10:16 into the second periodJean Potvin · fighting5 min
10:16 into the second periodPat Hickey · slashing2 min
10:16 into the second periodPat Hickey · fighting5 min
10:33 into the second periodBarry Melrose · tripping2 min
15:49 into the second periodGarry Howatt · high sticking2 min
15:49 into the second periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min

Season series

Maple Leafs vs Islanders head-to-head →

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

19Bill DerlagoC	1	2	3	+2	6	2	–	–
22Rick VaiveR	2	1	3	+2	2	0	–	–
27Darryl SittlerC	1	2	3	+1	4	0	–	–
99Wilf PaiementR	1	2	3	0	6	0	–	–
7Rocky SaganiukR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
2Ian TurnbullD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
11Bruce BoudreauC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
16Pat HickeyL	0	1	1	+1	1	9	–	–
4Robert PicardD	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
21Borje SalmingD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	–	–
23Dave FarrishD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
10John AndersonR	0	0	0	+1	4	0	–	–
15Paul MarshallL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
20Mike KaszyckiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
25Terry MartinL	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
24Vitezslav DurisD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
26Barry MelroseD	0	0	0	+4	0	6	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
1Jim RutherfordG	W	32	27	5	.844	60:00
31Jiri CrhaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

9Clark GilliesL	0	2	2	−2	2	4	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	2	2	0	4	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	2	0	2	0	5	2	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	0	1	−3	3	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	1	1	−1	2	2	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
8Garry HowattL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
10Lorne HenningC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−1	4	2	–	–
16Steve TambelliniC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
3Jean PotvinD	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG	L	15	13	2	.867	26:34
31Billy SmithG		24	19	5	.792	32:54