New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–4 on Wednesday, December 30, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 31–28.
Clark Gillies scored twice, Ron Duguay scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Mike Allison, Barry Beck, Don Maloney and Mike Rogers also scored.
Steve Weeks made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (12)Mike Bossy (32), Mike McEwen (20)1–008:31 NYI
Ron Duguay (21)Don Maloney (6), Mark Pavelich (17)1–114:52 NYR
2nd period
- Ron Duguay (22)Steve Vickers (4), Mark Pavelich (18)1–206:17 NYR ·
Mike Allison (6)Don Maloney (7)1–306:56 NYR
Mike Bossy (29)Bryan Trottier (37), Dave Langevin (5)2–310:54 NYI
Barry Beck (2)Reijo Ruotsalainen (12), Mike Allison (8)2–412:38 NYR- Mike Bossy (30)Denis Potvin (12), Bryan Trottier (38)3–415:53 NYI ·
3rd period
- Clark Gillies (13)Mike Bossy (33), Bryan Trottier (39)4–412:25 NYI
Don Maloney (3)Dave Silk (15), Andre Dore (4)4–516:46 NYR
Mike Rogers (14)Pat Hickey (9), Andre Dore (5)4–619:30 NYR ·
Team stats
NYINYR
2831
0%0%
1/31/4
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:05 into the first period
Clark Gillies · holding2 min - 11:16 into the first period
Mike Allison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:34 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 0:29 into the second periodStefan Persson · roughing2 min
- 0:29 into the second periodNick Fotiu · cross checking2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 12:38 into the second periodRoland Melanson · roughing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the second periodMark Pavelich · tripping2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMike Allison · roughing2 min
- 4:45 into the third periodClark Gillies · fighting5 min
- 4:45 into the third periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 7:25 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |