Saturday, October 17, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rangers 4 at Islanders 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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0:58
Jere Gillis (1) Peter Wallin (1), Tom Laidlaw (2) NYR 1 – 0 NYI
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5:14
Bob Bourne (2) PPG Mike McEwen (5), Bryan Trottier (6) NYR 1 – 1 NYI
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7:00
Butch Goring (2) SHG Unassisted NYR 1 – 2 NYI
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7:44
Mike Rogers (2) PPG Don Maloney (2), Barry Beck (1) NYR 2 – 2 NYI
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16:57
Clark Gillies (2) Bryan Trottier (7) NYR 2 – 3 NYI
2nd Period
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6:08
Anders Kallur (2) Unassisted NYR 2 – 4 NYI
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7:04
Ron Greschner (1) Mike Rogers (3), Steve Weeks (1) NYR 3 – 4 NYI
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15:44
Clark Gillies (3) PPG Mike Bossy (4), Tomas Jonsson (1) NYR 3 – 5 NYI
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17:32
Ron Duguay (1) Unassisted NYR 4 – 5 NYI
3rd Period
No scoring
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.53 |
| Ron Duguay C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.05 |
| Jere Gillis L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.98 |
| Ron Greschner D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.98 |
| Peter Wallin R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Barry Beck D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Don Maloney L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Tom Laidlaw D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Dave Silk R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Dean Talafous C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Nick Fotiu L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Mark Pavelich C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Mike Allison R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Eddie Johnstone R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.23 |
| Ed Hospodar D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Weeks | L | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 60:00 | -0.85 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gillies L | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 1.28 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 1.18 |
| Anders Kallur C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.05 |
| Butch Goring C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.05 |
| Tomas Jonsson D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.70 |
| Bob Bourne C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.68 |
| Mike Bossy R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.55 |
| Ken Morrow D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.52 |
| Mike McEwen D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Billy Carroll C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Duane Sutter R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| John Tonelli L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Hector Marini R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Dave Langevin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | W | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 | -0.50 |