All NHL game summaries from March 20, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (42-17-13) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 Colorado Rockies (20-42-10) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | NYI, | Mike Bossy 64 (Bob Bourne, Ken Morrow), :53 |
| COL, | Paul Gagne 20 (Steve Tambellini, Lanny McDonald), 2:54 - PP | |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 32 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier), 6:06 | |
| 2: | NYI, | John Tonelli 19 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin), 8:04 - PP |
| 3: | COL, | Merlin Malinowski 22 (Rob Ramage, Lanny McDonald), 7:23 - PP |
| NYI, | Billy Carroll 2 (Duane Sutter, John Tonelli), 12:07 | |
| COL, | Steve Tambellini 23 (Lanny McDonald), 13:17 | |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 65 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier), 19:00 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Tonelli, NYI [Hooking] 1:44 |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Hi-sticking] 6:34 | |
| Lucien DeBlois, COL [Holding] 9:22 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 10:58 | |
| Mike Kitchen, COL [Interference] 14:57 | |
| 2: | Mike Kitchen, COL [Holding] 7:10 |
| Joel Quenneville, COL [Roughing] 11:54 | |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing double minor] 11:54 | |
| 3: | Mike Kitchen, COL [Holding] 1:17 |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:59 | |
| Bench penalty, COL [Too many men on the ice] 17:52 |
Penalty time: NYI: 12 minutes
COL: 12 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 3 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rollie Melanson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 42 | ||||||
| COL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Giallonardo | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Baker | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Ramage | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Randy Pierce | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lanny McDonald | 9 | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Tambellini | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Merlin Malinowski | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Paul Gagne | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Miller | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Yvon Vautour | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Barry Smith | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joel Quenneville | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Crawford | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Kitchen | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Delorme | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Watson | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 15-13-14-42
COL: 13- 8- 7-28
Goalies: NYI: Rollie Melanson (W, 5-0-1)
COL: Glenn Resch (L, 19-10-5)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 12,807
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (31-25-17) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Edmonton Oilers (24-34-14) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | MIN, | Tim Young 23 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Paul Shmyr), 10:20 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 51 (Jari Kurri, Risto Siltanen), 19:53 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Brett Callighen, EDM [Hooking] 1:20 | |
| Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Holding] 8:18 | ||
| Wayne Gretzky, EDM [Slashing] 12:39 | ||
| Don Beaupre, MIN [Slashing] 12:39 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MIN: 4 minutes
EDM: 4 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roger Melin | 24 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Beaupre | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Fogolin | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Kevin Lowe | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Doug Hicks | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Garry Lariviere | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Coffey | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Risto Siltanen | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenn Anderson | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Matti Hagman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mark Messier | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dave Hunter | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Curt Brackenbury | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jari Kurri | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Callighen | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Stan Weir | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Semenko | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Edwards | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Gretzky | 99 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 42 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 4-10- 4-18
EDM: 18-12-12-42
Goalies: MIN: Don Beaupre (T, 15-12-11)
EDM: Gary Edwards (T, 2-3-2)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Joe Dame, Swede Knox
Attendance: 17,490
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