⛰️ Away Rockies 12-24-0 before this game
3–9
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 26-12-0 before this game
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NYI 0009

Rockies at Islanders

Islanders beat Rockies 9–3 at UBS Arena on December 30, 1980.

🗓 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Butch Goring
3 G, 1 A
6 shots · +5
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Anders Kallur
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · +5
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Steve Tambellini
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⛰️CLR NYI🏝️
32 Shots on goal 47
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
4 Penalty minutes 4
CLR shooting 9.4% (3/32) NYI shooting 19.1% (9/47)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⛰️Rockies
Hardy Astrom
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI
Jari Kaarela
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rockies
Rockies — tied after 1st: 12-24 (33% win rate, 36 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 26-12 (68% win rate, 38 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rockies
Rockies — tied after 2nd: 12-24 (33% win rate, 36 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 26-12 (68% win rate, 38 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 4, 1980
🏝️NYI @ ⛰️CLR
3–4 · Rockies won
Dec 2, 1980
⛰️CLR @ 🏝️NYI
1–5 · Islanders won
Mar 11, 1980
⛰️CLR @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 · Islanders won
Feb 14, 1980
🏝️NYI @ ⛰️CLR
5–3 · Islanders won
Dec 18, 1979
⛰️CLR @ 🏝️NYI
2–3 · Islanders won

❓ CLR vs NYI, answered

Who won Rockies vs Islanders on December 30, 1980?

Islanders won 9–3.

What was the final score of Rockies vs Islanders?

The final score was Rockies 3, Islanders 9.

How did the Rockies goalie play?

Hardy Astrom made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rockies vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Rockies vs Islanders season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⛰️Rockies
Previous game · Dec 27
⛰️CLR @ 🌌MNS
4–6 · MNS won
Next game · Dec 31
⛰️CLR @ 🗽NYR
6–4 · CLR won
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Dec 27
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
5–5 · NYI won
Next game · Jan 2
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · NYR won
Also on December 30, 1980
🗽NYR @ ⚜️QUE
6–3 final
👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–4 final
🔔PHI @ 🌌MNS
5–6 final
🍁TOR @ 🎵STL
3–5 final
🛢️EDM @ 🔥CGY
3–5 final
🦅WSH @ 🐋VAN
3–3 final
Rockies season page Islanders season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule