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Thursday, April 2, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Rangers 1 at Islanders 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 90OVR Billy Smith Islanders First Star 23 SV · .958 C 59OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders Second Star 1G · 3 SOG L 43OVR Garry Howatt Islanders Third Star 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 9:23 Bob Bourne (35) Bryan Trottier (71) NYR 0 – 1 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 1:48 Wayne Merrick (15) Garry Howatt (14), Bobby Nystrom (28) NYR 0 – 2 NYI
  2. 8:07 Mike Allison (25) Don Maloney (22), Dave Maloney (36) NYR 1 – 2 NYI

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Allison R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Don Maloney L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dave Maloney D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Tom Laidlaw D 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Jere Gillis L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lance Nethery C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Greschner D 0 0 3 0 0.07
Ron Duguay C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Peter Wallin R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Barry Beck D 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Chris Kotsopoulos D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Weeks L 22 20 2 .909 58:57 0.50

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Garry Howatt L 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Bob Bourne C 1 0 1 +1 0.68
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 0 0 0.48
Denis Potvin D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Ken Morrow D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Clark Gillies L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Anders Kallur C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Butch Goring C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike Bossy R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Stefan Persson D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Duane Sutter R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Langevin D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Billy Carroll C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike McEwen D 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 24 23 1 .958 60:00 1.55