New York Islanders vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 2–1 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Islanders 28–16.
Goals came from Steve Jensen, Jean Potvin and Brent Sutter.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 14 of 16.
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Jensen (14)Jim Fox (21)0–102:41 LAK
Jean Potvin (2)Bob Bourne (34), Mike Bossy (41)1–113:08 NYI ·
3rd period
Brent Sutter (2)Ken Morrow (6), Mike Bossy (42)2–104:15 NYI
Team stats
NYILAK
1628
0%0%
1/50/6
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Stefan Persson · interference2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Billy Harris · hooking2 min - 0:15 into the second periodHector Marini · holding2 min
- 4:26 into the second periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · holding2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodJerry Korab · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodJerry Korab · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the second periodHector Marini · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 16:37 into the second periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 4:55 into the third periodBob Lorimer · tripping2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · holding2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 16 | 2 | .875 |
| 32Paul PageauG | 0 | 0 | – |