Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 9–6 on Tuesday, October 20, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Kings outshot the Islanders 43–27.
John Paul Kelly scored a hat trick, Marcel Dionne scored a hat trick, Mike Bossy scored twice and Bob Bourne scored twice. Tomas Jonsson, Ken Morrow, Greg Terrion, Larry Murphy and Steve Bozek also scored.
Jim Rutherford made 21 saves on 27 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 34 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
John Paul Kelly (2)Dan Bonar (2), Rob Palmer (1)1–001:39 LAK
Marcel Dionne (5)Dave Taylor (6), Trevor Johansen (2)2–005:12 LAK
Mike Bossy (5)Ken Morrow (1), Tomas Jonsson (2)2–114:16 NYI
Bob Bourne (3)Anders Kallur (2)2–215:54 NYI
2nd period
- Marcel Dionne (6)Dave Taylor (7), Jerry Korab (3)3–200:33 LAK ·
Tomas Jonsson (1)Billy Carroll (2)3–303:33 NYI- Marcel Dionne (7)Steve Bozek (2)4–304:57 LAK
Ken Morrow (1)Duane Sutter (1), Gord Lane (3)4–408:42 NYI- Mike Bossy (6)Bryan Trottier (8), Bob Bourne (4)4–509:59 NYI
Greg Terrion (5)Steve Jensen (5), Jim Fox (4)5–513:28 LAK
3rd period
- Bob Bourne (4)Bryan Trottier (9)5–601:27 NYI ·
Larry Murphy (3)Unassisted6–603:43 LAK · 
Steve Bozek (3)Marcel Dionne (4), Dave Taylor (8)7–606:21 LAK- John Paul Kelly (3)Dean Hopkins (5), Dan Bonar (3)8–608:19 LAK
- John Paul Kelly (4)Dan Bonar (4), Dean Hopkins (6)9–611:08 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYI
4327
0%0%
2/30/1
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:01 into the first period
Mark Hardy · hooking2 min - 14:01 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · high sticking2 min
- 14:01 into the first period
Hector Marini · high sticking2 min - 19:01 into the first periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodJim Fox · fighting5 min
- 13:28 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 0:28 into the third periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodBilly Carroll · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | W | 27 | 6 | .778 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 43 | 9 | .791 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |