New York Islanders vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Tuesday, March 24, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Islanders outshot the Blues 39–35.
Bryan Trottier scored a hat trick and Blake Dunlop scored twice. Wayne Babych, Bob Bourne and Duane Sutter also scored.
Billy Smith made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Babych (53)Mike Zuke (43), Joe Micheletti (27)0–104:46 STL · 
Bryan Trottier (28)Unassisted1–117:13 NYI
2nd period
Blake Dunlop (18)Jorgen Pettersson (31), Mike Zuke (44)1–206:14 STL · - Blake Dunlop (19)Jorgen Pettersson (32), Gerry Hart (11)1–309:23 STL
- Bryan Trottier (29)Stefan Persson (52)2–318:41 NYI
3rd period
Bob Bourne (34)Unassisted3–312:52 NYI
Duane Sutter (7)Butch Goring (35), John Tonelli (29)4–316:18 NYI- Bryan Trottier (30)Mike Bossy (50), Bob Bourne (40)5–319:15 NYI ·
Team stats
NYISTL
3935
0%0%
0/42/7
2216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:28 into the first period
Brian Sutter · hooking2 min - 3:43 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · interference2 min - 3:55 into the first periodBilly Carroll · holding2 min
- 7:54 into the first periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodGerry Hart · slashing2 min
- 11:55 into the first periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodRalph Klassen · roughing2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodRick Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodMike Zuke · tripping2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodRick Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
St. Louis Blues
| 19Blake DunlopC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |