Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (53)Unassisted1–008:10 PIT
Wayne Merrick (13)John Tonelli (30)1–116:16 NYI
Peter Lee (28)Paul Gardner (40), Randy Carlyle (66)2–118:13 PIT ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (22)Unassisted2–205:13 NYI · 
Paul Baxter (5)Unassisted3–215:07 PIT
3rd period
John Tonelli (20)Wayne Merrick (13), Bobby Nystrom (27)3–311:13 NYI
Greg Malone (20)Peter Lee (31), Rod Schutt (30)4–311:36 PIT
Bobby Nystrom (14)Denis Potvin (55), John Tonelli (31)4–418:14 NYI
Team stats
PITNYI
3526
0%0%
1/30/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first period
Bobby Nystrom · roughing2 min - 13:04 into the first period
Paul Gardner · interference2 min - 17:06 into the first periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 19:06 into the first periodPeter Lee · holding2 min
- 4:39 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodPaul Gardner · elbowing2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · high sticking2 min
- 13:44 into the third periodPat Price · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | T | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | T | 35 | 4 | .886 |