🏝️ Away Islanders 44-27-0 before this game
5–3
Final
⛰️ Home Rockies 21-50-0 before this game
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Islanders at Rockies

Islanders beat Rockies 5–3 on March 20, 1981.

🗓 Fri, Mar 20, 1981 · 20:30 CST 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Mike Bossy
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star ⛰️ CLR
Lanny McDonald
3 A
1 shots
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Bob Bourne
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI CLR⛰️
42 Shots on goal 28
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
12 Penalty minutes 12
NYI shooting 11.9% (5/42) CLR shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Roland Melanson
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⛰️Rockies
Glenn Resch
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 44-27 (62% win rate, 71 games)
Rockies
Rockies — tied after 1st: 21-50 (30% win rate, 71 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 44-27 (62% win rate, 71 games)
Rockies
Rockies — tied after 2nd: 21-50 (30% win rate, 71 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 30, 1980
⛰️CLR @ 🏝️NYI
3–9 · Islanders won
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

❓ NYI vs CLR, answered

Who won Islanders vs Rockies on March 20, 1981?

Islanders won 5–3.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Rockies?

The final score was Islanders 5, Rockies 3.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Roland Melanson made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rockies goalie play?

Glenn Resch made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Islanders vs Rockies season series?

Islanders lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Mar 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI
3–3 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 22
🏝️NYI @ 🪶CHI
6–2 · NYI won
⛰️Rockies
Previous game · Mar 18
⛰️CLR @ ✈️WIN
3–4 · WIN won
Next game · Mar 21
🐧PIT @ ⛰️CLR
3–1 · PIT won
Also on March 20, 1981
🌌MNS @ 🛢️EDM
1–1 final
Islanders season page Rockies season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule