NHL game summary from February 27, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (37-17-10) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
 Vancouver Canucks (22-25-17) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1: NYI, Brent Sutter 1 (Billy Carroll, Stefan Persson), 5:34
2: NYI, Mike Bossy 57 (Brent Sutter), 1:15
NYI, Hector Marini 2 (Garry Howatt, Wayne Merrick), 1:40
VAN, Dave "Tiger" Williams 28 (Bob Manno, Bobby Schmautz), 14:36
NYI, Bob Bourne 27 (Butch Goring, Anders Kallur), 18:45
3: NYI, Wayne Merrick 10 (Garry Howatt, Anders Kallur), 2:13
Penalties:
1: John Tonelli, NYI [Interference] 1:08
Dave "Tiger" Williams, VAN [Interference] 1:48
Dave Langevin, NYI [Interference] 3:10
Hector Marini, NYI [Fighting] 15:10
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Fighting] 15:10
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 18:32
2: Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 3:52
Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 7:35
Rick Lanz, VAN [Holding] 10:10
3: Dave "Tiger" Williams, VAN [Hooking] 6:31
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 14:19
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 14:19
Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 15:25
Darcy Rota, VAN [Fighting] 15:25
Penalty time: NYI: 27 minutes
VAN: 23 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Potvin | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brent Sutter | 12 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hector Marini | 29 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 22 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Manno | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Lanz | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Gary Lupul | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| Mario Marois | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Minor | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 2 |
| Richard Brodeur | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -20 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 5- 7-10-22
VAN: 8-10-10-28
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 16-10-4)
VAN: Richard Brodeur (L, 16-16-13), Glen Hanlon
Referee: Ron Harris
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 15,913
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