St. Louis Blues vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, November 26, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 9–2 on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Blues outshot the Islanders 32–31.
Anders Kallur scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored a hat trick. Wayne Babych, Bob Bourne, Brian Sutter, Bobby Nystrom, Mike Bossy and Butch Goring also scored.
Roland Melanson made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 15 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Babych (5)Jorgen Pettersson (8), Bernie Federko (16)1–000:57 STL
Anders Kallur (7)Mike Bossy (17), Bryan Trottier (23)1–101:55 NYI
Bob Bourne (11)Denis Potvin (2), Billy Carroll (4)1–209:52 NYI
Brian Sutter (11)Wayne Babych (5)2–213:30 STL- Anders Kallur (8)Bryan Trottier (24), Bobby Nystrom (8)2–319:40 NYI
2nd period
Bobby Nystrom (6)Denis Potvin (3), Wayne Merrick (10)2–406:55 NYI
Mike Bossy (19)Butch Goring (6), Denis Potvin (4)2–511:53 NYI · 
Butch Goring (6)Unassisted2–612:13 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (7)Mike Bossy (18), Anders Kallur (6)2–714:51 NYI · - Bryan Trottier (8)Anders Kallur (7)2–818:10 NYI
3rd period
- Bryan Trottier (9)Anders Kallur (8), Mike Bossy (19)2–906:08 NYI ·
Team stats
STLNYI
3231
0%0%
0/43/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:52 into the first period
Dave Langevin · roughing2 min - 14:52 into the first period
Larry Patey · roughing2 min - 15:02 into the first periodBob Bourne · holding2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 10:00 into the second periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 10:00 into the second periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 10:12 into the second periodRick Lapointe · holding2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · tripping2 min
- 5:06 into the third periodJorgen Pettersson · hooking2 min
- 15:22 into the third periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Alain LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 34Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 23 | 8 | .652 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 8 | 1 | .875 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |