New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 34–29.
Clark Gillies scored twice. Jere Gillis, Bob Bourne, Butch Goring, Mike Rogers, Anders Kallur, Ron Greschner and Ron Duguay also scored.
Billy Smith made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Jere Gillis (1)Peter Wallin (1), Tom Laidlaw (2)1–000:58 NYR
Bob Bourne (2)Mike McEwen (5), Bryan Trottier (6)1–105:14 NYI · 
Butch Goring (2)Unassisted1–207:00 NYI · 
Mike Rogers (2)Don Maloney (2), Barry Beck (1)2–207:44 NYR · 
Clark Gillies (2)Bryan Trottier (7)2–316:57 NYI
2nd period
Anders Kallur (2)Unassisted2–406:08 NYI
Ron Greschner (1)Mike Rogers (3), Steve Weeks (1)3–407:04 NYR- Clark Gillies (3)Mike Bossy (4), Tomas Jonsson (1)3–515:44 NYI ·
Ron Duguay (1)Unassisted4–517:32 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2934
0%0%
1/42/4
1213
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:28 into the first period
Mark Pavelich · interference2 min - 6:44 into the first period
Mike McEwen · interference2 min - 12:12 into the first periodHector Marini · hooking2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodMark Pavelich · slashing2 min
- 1:11 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodClark Gillies · slashing5 min
- 8:20 into the second periodEd Hospodar · hooking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |