New York Islanders vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–5 on Saturday, December 5, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 38–31.
Duane Sutter scored twice, Butch Goring scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Wayne Merrick, Bryan Trottier, Bobby Smith, Clark Gillies, Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 23 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Merrick (8)Bobby Nystrom (10), John Tonelli (11)1–008:28 NYI
Duane Sutter (7)John Tonelli (12), Billy Carroll (5)2–010:22 NYI
Butch Goring (7)Billy Carroll (6), Denis Potvin (5)3–012:38 NYI · 
Dino Ciccarelli (21)Bobby Smith (25), Ron Meighan (1)3–114:37 MNS
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (10)Anders Kallur (9), Mike Bossy (21)4–100:37 NYI- Butch Goring (8)Bryan Trottier (26), Dave Langevin (4)5–104:06 NYI ·
Bobby Smith (18)Brad Palmer (8), Brad Maxwell (13)5–206:20 MNS
Clark Gillies (8)Bob Bourne (13), Duane Sutter (4)6–206:46 NYI- Duane Sutter (8)Billy Carroll (7), Clark Gillies (6)7–215:51 NYI
Neal Broten (12)Al MacAdam (13), Kevin Maxwell (4)7–318:29 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (22)Gordie Roberts (10), Bobby Smith (26)7–419:47 MNS
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (1)Al MacAdam (14), Steve Christoff (10)7–501:19 MNS
Mike Bossy (20)Denis Potvin (6)8–519:49 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIMNS
3138
0%0%
0/10/3
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:58 into the first period
Dave Langevin · interference2 min - 2:12 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · hooking2 min
- 16:21 into the second period
Neal Broten · hooking2 min - 12:30 into the third periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Ron MeighanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 30 | 7 | .767 |