NHL game summary from April 24, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (55-20-14) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
 Edmonton Oilers (34-39-16) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Hector Marini 3 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier), 4:54 |
| 2: | EDM, | Glenn Anderson 5 (Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri), :38 - PP |
| NYI, | Anders Kallur 1 (Gord Lane, Wayne Merrick), 13:12 | |
| NYI, | Bob Nystrom 3 (Hector Marini, Bob Lorimer), 15:45 | |
| 3: | EDM, | Mark Messier 2 (Glenn Anderson), 5:31 |
| NYI, | Duane Sutter 1, 9:16 | |
| NYI, | Mike McEwen 3 (Mike Bossy, Billy Smith), 12:38 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Hunter, EDM [Interference] 0:31 |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:04 | |
| Duane Sutter, NYI [Slashing] 8:07 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 9:33 | |
| Kevin Lowe, EDM [Hooking] 12:15 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Hi-sticking] 19:46 | |
| Mark Messier, EDM [Hi-sticking] 19:46 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Interference] 19:46 | |
| 2: | Lee Fogolin, EDM [Holding] 3:00 |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Holding] 8:59 | |
| Lee Fogolin, EDM [Holding] 12:29 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 13:02 | |
| 3: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Elbowing] 9:25 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM [Holding] 10:52 |
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes
EDM: 12 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hector Marini | 29 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 26 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Fogolin | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Kevin Lowe | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Hicks | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Lariviere | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Paul Coffey | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 |
| Risto Siltanen | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Glenn Anderson | 9 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Matti Hagman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Messier | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Dave Hunter | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Brackenbury | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jari Kurri | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brett Callighen | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Andy Moog | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Gretzky | 99 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -14 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -14 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 9-12- 5-26
EDM: 8- 7- 8-23
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 6-2-0)
EDM: Andy Moog (L, 5-4-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Swede Knox, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 17,490
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