Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 on Saturday, March 7, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canucks 34–21.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. Bobby Nystrom and Thomas Gradin also scored.
Glenn Resch made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (13)Butch Goring (32), Dave Langevin (14)0–104:57 NYI
Thomas Gradin (16)Per-Olov Brasar (31)1–111:10 VAN
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (24)Mike Bossy (44), Stefan Persson (49)1–206:42 NYI · - Bryan Trottier (25)Mike Bossy (45), Clark Gillies (41)1–319:27 NYI
Team stats
VANNYI
2134
0%0%
0/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Clark Gillies · interference2 min - 13:46 into the first periodHector Marini · high sticking2 min
- 14:02 into the first period
Bobby Schmautz · hooking2 min - 16:39 into the first periodJerry Butler · hooking2 min
- 5:37 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodGerry Minor · closing hand on puck2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · interference2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |