New York Islanders vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, November 11, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Islanders outshot the Maple Leafs 42–23.
Bobby Nystrom scored twice and Bob Manno scored twice. Duane Sutter, Jim Benning and Tomas Jonsson also scored.
Billy Smith made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Vincent Tremblay stopped 38 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (2)Bryan Trottier (16), Dave Langevin (2)1–001:01 NYI
Duane Sutter (4)Tomas Jonsson (7), Ken Morrow (5)2–011:26 NYI · 
Bob Manno (3)Rick Vaive (7), Bill Derlago (11)2–118:54 TOR ·
2nd period
- Bob Manno (4)Darryl Sittler (8), Rene Robert (4)2–215:08 TOR ·
3rd period
Jim Benning (3)Darryl Sittler (9), Fred Boimistruck (4)2–308:17 TOR
Tomas Jonsson (2)Butch Goring (3), Clark Gillies (5)3–309:14 NYI- Bobby Nystrom (3)John Tonelli (7)4–318:52 NYI
Team stats
NYITOR
4223
0%0%
1/32/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:46 into the first period
Wayne Merrick · slashing2 min - 1:46 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · slashing2 min - 9:28 into the first periodJim Benning · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodRene Robert · interference2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 5:42 into the third periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 12:00 into the third periodClark Gillies · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodRene Robert · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Gary YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | L | 42 | 4 | .905 |