NHL game summary from January 2, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (24-8-8) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New York Rangers (14-20-5) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYI, | Clark Gillies 16 (Bob Nystrom, Steve Tambellini), 18:47 |
| NYR, | Dave Maloney 5 (Anders Hedberg, Barry Beck), 19:45 - PP | |
| 3: | NYR, | Dave Maloney 6 (Dave Silk, Gary Burns), 6:13 - PP |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 11 (Walt Tkaczuk, Carol Vadnais), 19:49 - EN | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Stefan Persson, NYI [Holding] 0:59 |
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 0:59 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Holding] 5:06 | |
| Gary Burns, NYR [Holding] 7:24 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 11:41 | |
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 1:37 |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 1:37 | |
| Mike Allison, NYR [Hooking] 6:20 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Tripping] 16:10 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Holding] 19:12 | |
| 3: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 4:18 |
| Dean Talafous, NYR [Hooking] 6:55 | |
| Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 9:57 |
Penalty time: NYI: 14 minutes
NYR: 12 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Tambellini | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 17 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Sulliman | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Silk | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Bandura | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Gary Burns | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Soetaert | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 6- 8- 3-17
NYR: 8- 8- 7-23
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 9-3-3)
NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 10-8-3)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,408
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