Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Tuesday, December 29, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 30–22.
Goals came from Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, Larry Robinson, Craig Laughlin, Pierre Mondou, Bryan Trottier, Mario Tremblay, Doug Jarvis and Mike Bossy.
Richard Sevigny made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (8)Bryan Trottier (36), Stefan Persson (9)0–109:41 NYI · 
Clark Gillies (11)Billy Carroll (10), Hector Marini (5)0–214:27 NYI
Larry Robinson (6)Keith Acton (27)1–216:37 MTL ·
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (8)Guy Lafleur (30)2–212:50 MTL
Pierre Mondou (16)Larry Robinson (26), Guy Lapointe (13)3–217:00 MTL
Bryan Trottier (17)Mike Bossy (31), Denis Potvin (11)3–319:52 NYI ·
3rd period
Mario Tremblay (17)Pierre Mondou (17), Craig Laughlin (5)4–302:41 MTL
Doug Jarvis (13)Mark Napier (18)5–303:59 MTL
Mike Bossy (28)Mike McEwen (19), Wayne Merrick (17)5–416:04 NYI
Team stats
MTLNYI
3022
0%0%
1/42/4
2616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:50 into the first period
Keith Acton · slashing2 min - 10:06 into the first periodRod Langway · slashing2 min
- 10:06 into the first period
John Tonelli · cross checking2 min - 15:01 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · interference2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodStefan Persson · slashing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · delaying game2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodBob Bourne · slashing2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodBrian Engblom · game misconduct10 min
- 5:39 into the third periodRichard Sevigny · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:39 into the third periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 9:32 into the third periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | 6 | 2 | .667 | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |