Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Thursday, April 16, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 8–2 on Thursday, April 16, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Islanders 28–26.
Denis Potvin scored twice and Clark Gillies scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Butch Goring, John Tonelli, Hector Marini, Wayne Gretzky and Matti Hagman also scored.
Billy Smith made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 14 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (1)Garry Howatt (1), Mike McEwen (1)0–103:14 NYI
Butch Goring (1)Bobby Nystrom (1), Denis Potvin (7)0–219:15 NYI ·
2nd period
John Tonelli (1)Wayne Merrick (2), Garry Howatt (2)0–302:46 NYI
Hector Marini (2)Billy Carroll (4), Bob Lorimer (1)0–403:33 NYI
Denis Potvin (1)Bryan Trottier (5), Mike Bossy (7)0–504:30 NYI · 
Wayne Gretzky (4)Mark Messier (1)1–508:06 EDM · 
Clark Gillies (3)Butch Goring (4), Hector Marini (3)1–614:17 NYI ·
3rd period
- Clark Gillies (4)Dave Langevin (1), Bryan Trottier (6)1–707:15 NYI
- Denis Potvin (2)Butch Goring (5), Billy Carroll (5)1–810:50 NYI ·
Matti Hagman (2)Mark Messier (2), Glenn Anderson (2)2–812:27 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYI
2826
0%0%
1/43/4
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:45 into the first period
Dave Lumley · roughing2 min - 4:45 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · roughing2 min - 6:36 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 11:09 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 11:09 into the first periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
- 11:20 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 17:36 into the first periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 4:15 into the second periodPaul Coffey · interference2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodBilly Carroll · tripping2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodDave Langevin · roughing2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodStan Weir · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodWayne Merrick · interference2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodWayne Merrick · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 6 | 2 | .667 | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 20 | 6 | .700 |
New York Islanders
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |