New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, November 21, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 27–23.
Denis Potvin scored twice and Mark Pavelich scored twice. Dave Silk, Bob Bourne and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (3)John Tonelli (8)0–117:18 NYI ·
2nd period
Dave Silk (6)Barry Beck (7), Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)1–100:45 NYR
Bob Bourne (10)Butch Goring (4)1–212:31 NYI
Mike Bossy (16)Tomas Jonsson (9), Bryan Trottier (20)1–317:38 NYI ·
3rd period
Mark Pavelich (4)Reijo Ruotsalainen (6), Barry Beck (8)2–300:44 NYR · - Denis Potvin (4)Billy Carroll (3)2–402:41 NYI ·
- Mark Pavelich (5)Ron Duguay (8), Mike Rogers (15)3–407:37 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRNYI
2327
0%0%
2/82/5
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:28 into the first period
Gord Lane · slashing2 min - 13:16 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 17:12 into the first period
Tom Younghans · interference2 min - 6:22 into the second periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodMike Rogers · slashing2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
- 2:06 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · holding2 min
- 4:19 into the third periodRon Duguay · tripping2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodClark Gillies · roughing2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · roughing2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodPat Hickey · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 40Mark PavelichC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |