New York Islanders vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, December 20, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Sunday, December 20, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Islanders 29–26.
Goals came from Mark Kirton, John Tonelli, Danny Gare, Bob Bourne, Mark Osborne, Clark Gillies, Billy Carroll and Bryan Trottier.
Billy Smith made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Kirton (10)Willie Huber (18), Mike Blaisdell (13)0–116:41 DET
3rd period
John Tonelli (13)Wayne Merrick (14), Mike McEwen (16)1–104:31 NYI
Danny Gare (8)Willie Huber (19), Mark Osborne (12)1–207:55 DET
Bob Bourne (15)Brent Sutter (1), Duane Sutter (8)2–208:57 NYI
Mark Osborne (10)Reed Larson (18), Walt McKechnie (17)2–310:49 DET
Clark Gillies (10)Mike Bossy (27), Bryan Trottier (33)3–312:57 NYI
Billy Carroll (3)Hector Marini (3), Stefan Persson (6)4–316:24 NYI
Bryan Trottier (15)Mike Bossy (28)5–319:20 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIDET
2629
0%0%
0/30/2
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:12 into the first period
John Barrett · elbowing2 min - 13:59 into the first period
John Tonelli · tripping2 min - 0:52 into the second periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 0:52 into the second periodClark Gillies · fighting5 min
- 3:33 into the second periodDerek Smith · slashing2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodJim Korn · high sticking2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodMike McEwen · high sticking2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodDanny Gare · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |