New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 22, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Sunday, November 22, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 39–31.
Duane Sutter scored twice. John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies, Bobby Nystrom, Mark Pavelich, Carol Vadnais and Anders Kallur also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 32 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (7)Mike McEwen (13), Dave Langevin (3)1–017:17 NYI
Bryan Trottier (6)Mike Bossy (15), Tomas Jonsson (10)2–018:35 NYI ·
2nd period
Clark Gillies (7)Mike Bossy (16), Tomas Jonsson (11)3–016:50 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (5)John Tonelli (9)4–018:16 NYI
3rd period
Mark Pavelich (6)Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)4–101:22 NYR · 
Carol Vadnais (2)Mikko Leinonen (7)4–204:48 NYR
Duane Sutter (5)Butch Goring (5), Bob Bourne (10)5–206:26 NYI- Duane Sutter (6)Tomas Jonsson (12)6–214:57 NYI
Anders Kallur (6)Denis Potvin (1), Ken Morrow (6)7–217:44 NYI
Team stats
NYINYR
3931
0%0%
1/41/7
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · interference2 min - 5:16 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 9:37 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 11:59 into the first periodDean Talafous · roughing2 min
- 12:17 into the first periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
- 17:17 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodWayne Merrick · interference2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
- 10:22 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 12:47 into the second periodBob Bourne · holding2 min
- 0:24 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · holding2 min
- 16:50 into the third periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 16:50 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
New York Rangers
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 39 | 7 | .821 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |