New York Islanders vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, November 15, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Sunday, November 15, 1981 at Spectrum. The Islanders outshot the Flyers 26–25.
Goals came from Butch Goring, Bobby Nystrom, Mike Bossy, Bill Barber, Jimmy Watson, Ilkka Sinisalo, Denis Potvin, Brian Propp and Ron Flockhart.
Pete Peeters made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Butch Goring (5)Mike McEwen (11)1–003:42 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (4)Wayne Merrick (8), Gord Lane (6)2–004:52 NYI
Mike Bossy (15)Bob Bourne (9), Bryan Trottier (18)3–005:48 NYI
2nd period
Bill Barber (9)Reggie Leach (5), Bobby Clarke (15)3–103:31 PHI
Jimmy Watson (2)Ron Flockhart (3)3–206:28 PHI
Ilkka Sinisalo (5)Tim Kerr (8)3–310:20 PHI
Denis Potvin (2)Mike Bossy (13), Stefan Persson (4)4–315:03 NYI ·
3rd period
Brian Propp (11)Ron Flockhart (4), Paul Holmgren (1)4–401:48 PHI
Ron Flockhart (3)Bobby Clarke (16), Behn Wilson (9)4–504:04 PHI ·
Team stats
NYIPHI
2625
0%0%
1/51/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Fred Arthur · holding2 min - 9:45 into the first period
Wayne Merrick · hooking2 min - 11:40 into the first periodGord Lane · holding2 min
- 19:13 into the first periodBrian Propp · elbowing2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · elbowing2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 14:23 into the second periodBrian Propp · slashing2 min
- 2:13 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodBehn Wilson · tripping2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 15:18 into the third periodJimmy Watson · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Gary MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Steven SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |