Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (18)Stefan Persson (48), Clark Gillies (40)0–109:02 NYI · 
Mike Bossy (58)Denis Potvin (48), Jean Potvin (3)0–212:26 NYI
Stefan Persson (7)Butch Goring (31)0–315:22 NYI · 
Mark Messier (14)Glenn Anderson (13)1–315:45 EDM
2nd period
Matti Hagman (16)Mark Messier (25), Glenn Anderson (14)2–300:41 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (43)Brett Callighen (24), Jari Kurri (29)3–302:20 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (22)Wayne Gretzky (80)4–305:09 EDM
Steve Tambellini (19)Mike Bossy (43), Dave Langevin (12)4–407:23 NYI- Mike Bossy (59)Unassisted4–513:35 NYI ·
- Mike Bossy (60)Dave Langevin (13)4–615:37 NYI
3rd period
- Mark Messier (15)Glenn Anderson (15)5–603:38 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (44)Jari Kurri (30), Kevin Lowe (22)6–605:05 EDM
Glenn Anderson (17)Mark Messier (26), Matti Hagman (26)7–607:17 EDM- Jari Kurri (23)Wayne Gretzky (81)8–607:47 EDM
- Mike Bossy (61)Garry Howatt (13)8–708:34 NYI
Anders Kallur (33)Hector Marini (4), Wayne Merrick (11)8–818:14 NYI
Team stats
EDMNYI
4124
0%0%
1/33/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:12 into the first period
Jean Potvin · high sticking2 min - 7:55 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min - 15:19 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodWayne Merrick · tripping2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 12:03 into the second periodPaul Coffey · tripping2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 18:02 into the third periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 18:02 into the third periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | T | 24 | 8 | .667 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | T | 41 | 8 | .805 |