New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Tuesday, March 31, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 29–25.
Goals came from Wayne Merrick, Mark Napier, Bob Gainey and Rejean Houle.
Richard Sevigny made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Merrick (14)John Tonelli (32)1–012:19 NYI · 
Mark Napier (33)Pierre Larouche (27), Guy Lafleur (41)1–119:13 MTL ·
2nd period
Bob Gainey (23)Rod Langway (34), Doug Jarvis (22)1–216:52 MTL
3rd period
Rejean Houle (26)Guy Lafleur (42), Pierre Larouche (28)1–316:38 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2529
0%0%
1/51/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:54 into the first period
Guy Lafleur · hooking2 min - 8:50 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 12:16 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · hooking2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodSteve Shutt · interference2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodDave Langevin · slashing2 min
- 11:03 into the second periodRichard Sevigny · holding2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodWayne Merrick · high sticking2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodPierre Larouche · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |