Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 on Saturday, February 21, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 31–29.
Goals came from Gord Lane, Wayne Merrick, Glen Sharpley, Keith Brown, Ken Morrow, Bob Bourne, Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy and Reg Kerr.
Glenn Resch made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Lane (2)Wayne Merrick (6), Garry Howatt (8)0–112:15 NYI
Wayne Merrick (8)Hector Marini (1), Garry Howatt (9)0–215:38 NYI
2nd period
Glen Sharpley (18)Miles Zaharko (7), Reg Kerr (22)1–201:43 CHI
Keith Brown (5)Reg Kerr (23)2–205:51 CHI
Ken Morrow (2)Wayne Merrick (7), Hector Marini (2)2–309:02 NYI
Bob Bourne (25)Jean Potvin (2), Stefan Persson (44)2–414:57 NYI ·
3rd period
Clark Gillies (26)Bobby Nystrom (22), Bob Lorimer (12)2–502:18 NYI
Mike Bossy (56)Gord Lane (9), Bryan Trottier (63)2–602:58 NYI
Reg Kerr (26)Unassisted3–616:35 CHI
Team stats
CHINYI
2931
0%0%
0/41/4
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Darryl Sutter · interference2 min - 8:56 into the first period
Clark Gillies · interference2 min - 13:19 into the first periodRich Preston · interference2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodJean Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodHector Marini · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodHector Marini · roughing2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodTim Higgins · interference2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 14:58 into the second periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 6:32 into the third periodGord Lane · hooking2 min
- 11:25 into the third periodJean Potvin · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |