New York Islanders vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, February 23, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–1 on Monday, February 23, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 33–27.
Goals came from Steve Payne, Hector Marini, Jean Potvin, Butch Goring and Bryan Trottier.
Glenn Resch made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (25)Bobby Smith (49), Craig Hartsburg (23)0–105:24 MNS · 
Hector Marini (1)Wayne Merrick (8), Garry Howatt (10)1–109:11 NYI
2nd period
Jean Potvin (1)Butch Goring (28), Wayne Merrick (9)2–112:27 NYI ·
3rd period
Butch Goring (21)Unassisted3–116:28 NYI
Bryan Trottier (23)Mike Bossy (40), Clark Gillies (39)4–117:47 NYI
Team stats
NYIMNS
2733
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Penalties
- 1:02 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 3:43 into the first periodClark Gillies · elbowing2 min
- 5:35 into the first period
Tom Younghans · holding2 min - 12:24 into the first periodGord Lane · holding2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodGord Lane · interference2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodStefan Persson · interference2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodSteve Christoff · tripping2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodDon Jackson · cross checking2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · charging2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodKen Morrow · roughing2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodTom Younghans · high sticking2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodHector Marini · high sticking2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodStefan Persson · high sticking2 min
- 18:24 into the third periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |