Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 24, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Tuesday, November 24, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 24–19.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Ray Bourque and John Tonelli also scored.
Billy Smith made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Mike Bossy (17)Bryan Trottier (21), Anders Kallur (4)0–101:06 NYI- Mike Bossy (18)Anders Kallur (5), Bryan Trottier (22)0–204:47 NYI
Ray Bourque (3)Unassisted1–206:03 BOS
3rd period
John Tonelli (8)Wayne Merrick (9)1–310:51 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
1924
0%0%
0/30/6
348
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Dave Langevin · interference2 min - 11:23 into the first period
Mike Milbury · roughing double minor4 min - 11:23 into the first periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodBarry Pederson · interference2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodBarry Pederson · hooking2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 11:29 into the third periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · elbowing2 min
- 18:11 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · misconduct10 min
- 18:11 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |