New York Islanders vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, October 7, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 on Wednesday, October 7, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Islanders 32–25.
Goals came from Duane Sutter, Anders Kallur, Jim Fox, Butch Goring and Bob Bourne.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (1)Wayne Merrick (1), Mike McEwen (1)1–003:17 NYI · 
Anders Kallur (1)Clark Gillies (1)2–006:08 NYI
Jim Fox (1)Al Sims (1), Steve Jensen (1)2–107:36 LAK
2nd period
Butch Goring (1)Anders Kallur (1), Gord Lane (1)3–108:52 NYI
Bob Bourne (1)Bryan Trottier (1)4–111:32 NYI ·
Team stats
NYILAK
2532
0%0%
1/10/7
188
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Al Sims · interference2 min - 10:01 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · high sticking2 min
- 10:01 into the first period
Ken Morrow · high sticking2 min - 18:48 into the first periodMike McEwen · interference2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
- 2:36 into the third periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
- 8:30 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodAnders Kallur · hooking2 min
- 17:07 into the third periodJerry Korab · tripping2 min
- 18:36 into the third periodGord Lane · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |