Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 12, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Tuesday, May 12, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 26–23.
Anders Kallur scored twice and Wayne Merrick scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Billy Carroll, Kent-Erik Andersson, Steve Payne and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.
Billy Smith made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Kallur (3)Dave Langevin (2), Butch Goring (9)0–102:54 NYI
Bryan Trottier (10)Billy Carroll (7)0–214:38 NYI · - Anders Kallur (4)Bryan Trottier (14)0–315:25 NYI ·
2nd period
Billy Carroll (3)Duane Sutter (1), Bobby Nystrom (5)0–409:58 NYI
Kent-Erik Andersson (2)Dino Ciccarelli (6)1–413:04 MNS
3rd period
Wayne Merrick (4)Unassisted1–500:58 NYI
Steve Payne (13)Craig Hartsburg (9), Bobby Smith (15)2–503:08 MNS · - Wayne Merrick (5)Dave Langevin (3), John Tonelli (4)2–613:15 NYI
Dino Ciccarelli (12)Tom McCarthy (3)3–615:14 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYI
2623
0%0%
1/50/3
613
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:44 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · high sticking2 min - 11:12 into the first period
Bob Bourne · spearing5 min - 19:45 into the first periodTom McCarthy · slashing2 min
- 6:06 into the second periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |