New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–0 on Thursday, March 12, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Islanders 36–24.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. Bob Bourne, John Tonelli and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 36 saves on 36 shots for the win; Gary Edwards stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (30)Bryan Trottier (65)1–010:23 NYI
John Tonelli (18)Wayne Merrick (12), Mike McEwen (37)2–016:28 NYI
Bryan Trottier (26)Mike Bossy (46)3–018:45 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (63)Bryan Trottier (66), Bob Bourne (36)4–002:28 NYI
3rd period
- Bryan Trottier (27)Bob Bourne (37), Mike Bossy (47)5–004:28 NYI
Team stats
NYIEDM
2436
0%0%
0/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:21 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min - 11:49 into the first period
Hector Marini · slashing2 min - 13:21 into the first periodBilly Carroll · hooking2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodLee Fogolin · hooking2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodGarry Unger · holding2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 36 | 0 | 1.000 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |