New York Islanders vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at Pacific Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canucks 33–28.
Ivan Boldirev scored twice. Stan Smyl, Bryan Trottier, Wayne Merrick, Bob Bourne and Per-Olov Brasar also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (10)Lars Lindgren (6)0–101:57 VAN
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (12)Clark Gillies (7), Mike Bossy (23)1–102:19 NYI
Wayne Merrick (9)Bobby Nystrom (11), John Tonelli (14)2–105:03 NYI
Ivan Boldirev (17)Lars Molin (12), Colin Campbell (3)2–211:19 VAN
Bob Bourne (14)Duane Sutter (6), Tomas Jonsson (13)3–215:56 NYI
3rd period
- Ivan Boldirev (18)Lars Molin (13), Darcy Rota (7)3–302:19 VAN
Per-Olov Brasar (5)Curt Fraser (20)3–408:05 VAN
Team stats
NYIVAN
3328
0%0%
0/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:29 into the first period
Darcy Rota · interference2 min - 13:15 into the second periodLars Lindgren · holding2 min
- 16:42 into the second period
Tomas Jonsson · tripping2 min - 3:44 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · cross checking2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodDave Williams · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |