New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 5, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Tuesday, May 5, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 29–23.
Mike Bossy scored twice. John Tonelli, Butch Goring, Ron Greschner, Barry Beck and Duane Sutter also scored.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (5)Bobby Nystrom (4), Wayne Merrick (7)1–001:02 NYI
Mike Bossy (12)Unassisted2–013:46 NYI · - Mike Bossy (13)Bryan Trottier (13)3–017:11 NYI ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (5)Bob Lorimer (4)4–001:29 NYI · 
Ron Greschner (4)Chris Kotsopoulos (3), Anders Hedberg (8)4–113:39 NYR · 
Barry Beck (5)Ron Duguay (9), Steve Vickers (7)4–217:22 NYR ·
3rd period
Duane Sutter (3)Billy Carroll (6)5–210:49 NYI
Team stats
NYINYR
2329
0%0%
2/22/5
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Anders Kallur · holding2 min - 4:17 into the first periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min
- 4:17 into the first period
Mike Allison · high sticking2 min - 8:27 into the first periodBilly Carroll · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the first periodJohn Hughes · charging2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodJohn Hughes · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodPeter Wallin · slashing2 min
- 0:22 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodClark Gillies · roughing2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28John HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |