Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders

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

3–3

30–31

Goals
MTL	1	2	0	3	30
NYI	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Clark Gillies (29)Bobby Nystrom (25), Lorne Henning (2)0–103:16 NYI
Rejean Houle (24)Keith Acton (22), Guy Lafleur (40)1–107:47 MTL

2nd period

Doug Jarvis (15)Rod Langway (29)2–102:59 MTL ·
Anders Kallur (35)Bobby Nystrom (26), Stefan Persson (50)2–217:54 NYI
Bob Gainey (21)Rod Langway (30)3–218:29 MTL

3rd period

Anders Kallur (36)Butch Goring (34)3–314:19 NYI ·

Team stats

MTLNYI

3031

0%0%

0/50/3

7175

Penalties

5:15 into the first periodRejean Houle · high sticking2 min
5:15 into the first periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
10:25 into the first periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
10:25 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · slashing2 min
14:10 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
16:51 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
2:09 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
3:43 into the second periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
10:48 into the second periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
0:17 into the third periodDave Langevin · elbowing2 min
6:06 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
6:06 into the third periodKeith Acton · roughing2 min
6:06 into the third periodKeith Acton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
6:06 into the third periodKeith Acton · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodKeith Acton · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
6:06 into the third periodBrian Engblom · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodYvon Lambert · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodMario Tremblay · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
6:06 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodLorne Henning · high sticking2 min
6:06 into the third periodLorne Henning · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
6:06 into the third periodLorne Henning · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodLorne Henning · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodDave Langevin · misconduct10 min
6:06 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
6:06 into the third periodStefan Persson · misconduct10 min
10:16 into the third periodSteve Shutt · hooking2 min
12:36 into the third periodDenis Potvin · elbowing2 min

Season series

Canadiens vs Islanders head-to-head →

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

17Rod LangwayD	0	2	2	+1	4	5	–	–
10Guy LafleurR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
12Keith ActonC	0	1	1	0	2	26	–	–
15Rejean HouleL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	–	–
21Doug JarvisC	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
6Pierre MondouC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
8Doug RisebroughC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
11Yvon LambertL	0	0	0	−1	0	10	–	–
14Mario TremblayR	0	0	0	−1	2	10	–	–
22Steve ShuttL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
28Pierre LaroucheC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
31Mark NapierR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Brian EngblomD	0	0	0	−2	2	10	–	–
5Guy LapointeD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
18Serge SavardD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	+3	3	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
32Denis HerronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Richard SevignyG	T	31	28	3	.903	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

23Bobby NystromR	0	2	2	+2	1	7	–	–
28Anders KallurC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	–	–
10Lorne HenningC	0	1	1	+2	1	24	–	–
91Butch GoringC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	0	0	10	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	−3	2	2	–	–
22Mike BossyR	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	0	12	–	–
29Hector MariniR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
16Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	+1	0	14	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	T	30	27	3	.900	60:00