New York Islanders vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Sunday, December 6, 1981 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Sunday, December 6, 1981 at Winnipeg Arena. The Islanders outshot the Jets 30–24.
Dale Hawerchuk scored twice. Billy Carroll, Willy Lindstrom, Norm Dupont, Bryan Trottier and Dave Christian also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Billy Carroll (1)John Tonelli (13), Duane Sutter (5)1–012:04 NYI
Willy Lindstrom (9)Unassisted1–116:10 WIN
Norm Dupont (7)Dave Babych (15), Morris Lukowich (14)1–217:47 WIN ·
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (11)Mike Bossy (22), Anders Kallur (10)2–200:32 NYI
3rd period
Dale Hawerchuk (15)Scott Arniel (1)2–301:20 WIN- Dale Hawerchuk (16)Scott Arniel (2), Paul MacLean (4)2–414:53 WIN
Dave Christian (11)Unassisted2–518:44 WIN ·
Team stats
NYIWIN
3024
0%0%
0/11/2
2412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:33 into the first period
Billy Carroll · hooking2 min - 4:31 into the second period
Lucien DeBlois · holding2 min - 17:51 into the second periodWayne Merrick · interference2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 15:48 into the third periodBarry Legge · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodPaul MacLean · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Winnipeg Jets
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Scott ArnielL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Bengt LundholmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |