Quebec Nordiques vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Quebec Nordiques 10–7 on Tuesday, December 15, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Nordiques 37–29.
Mike Bossy scored twice and Denis Potvin scored twice. Tomas Jonsson, Basil Mcrae, Jacques Richard, Wally Weir, Real Cloutier, Bobby Nystrom, Dave Langevin, Marc Tardif, Peter Stastny, Duane Sutter, Clark Gillies, Michel Goulet and Greg Gilbert also scored.
Billy Smith made 22 saves on 29 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 27 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Jonsson (4)Bobby Nystrom (14)0–101:21 NYI
Basil Mcrae (1)Mario Marois (13)1–103:05 QUE
Jacques Richard (9)Wally Weir (1), Mario Marois (14)2–108:06 QUE
Mike Bossy (22)Clark Gillies (9), Bryan Trottier (28)2–210:38 NYI
Wally Weir (1)Normand Rochefort (4), Robbie Ftorek (5)3–211:24 QUE
Real Cloutier (14)Dale Hunter (22), Mario Marois (15)4–214:44 QUE
2nd period
Bobby Nystrom (9)Ken Morrow (8)4–302:38 NYI
Denis Potvin (5)Hector Marini (1), John Tonelli (16)4–406:58 NYI
Dave Langevin (1)Clark Gillies (10), Stefan Persson (5)4–511:27 NYI
3rd period
Marc Tardif (26)Peter Stastny (38), Real Cloutier (23)5–501:03 QUE · 
Peter Stastny (20)Anton Stastny (26), Marc Tardif (17)6–501:46 QUE · 
Duane Sutter (9)Mike McEwen (14)6–604:07 NYI
Clark Gillies (9)Bryan Trottier (29), Denis Potvin (9)6–708:17 NYI- Denis Potvin (6)Clark Gillies (11), Mike Bossy (24)6–808:56 NYI
Michel Goulet (14)Dale Hunter (23), Wally Weir (2)7–813:58 QUE- Mike Bossy (23)Unassisted7–915:35 NYI
Greg Gilbert (1)Butch Goring (7), Duane Sutter (7)7–1017:32 NYI
Team stats
QUENYI
2937
0%0%
2/50/3
1519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:46 into the first period
Michel Goulet · tripping2 min - 15:40 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · slashing2 min - 15:40 into the first periodAndre Dupont · interference2 min
- 16:11 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodBryan Trottier · charging2 min
- 2:05 into the second periodPeter Stastny · hooking2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 8:41 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · fighting5 min
- 14:44 into the second periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 19:29 into the second periodDuane Sutter · hooking2 min
- 0:33 into the third periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodWally Weir · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 2Wally WeirR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Basil McraeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 37 | 10 | .730 |
| 35Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 7 | .759 |