All NHL game summaries from May 5, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary Flames (47-33-14) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Minnesota North Stars (45-30-17) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Minnesota North Stars lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MIN, | Dino Ciccarelli 8 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith), 3:01 - PP |
| CAL, | Pekka Rautakallio 2 (Don Lever, Kevin LaVallee), 9:26 - PP | |
| MIN, | Steve Christoff 6 (Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts), 13:18 - PP | |
| MIN, | Bobby Smith 6, 16:32 | |
| 2: | CAL, | Jamie Hislop 3 (Kevin LaVallee), 1:31 |
| MIN, | Dino Ciccarelli 9 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith), 2:44 | |
| MIN, | Dino Ciccarelli 10 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith), 3:56 | |
| MIN, | Brad Palmer 5 (Kevin Maxwell), 10:51 | |
| 3: | MIN, | Kevin Maxwell 3, 8:44 - SH |
| CAL, | Bobby Gould 3 (Guy Chouinard, Bob Murdoch), 10:22 | |
| CAL, | Mike Dwyer 1 (Bob Murdoch), 10:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dan Labraaten, CAL [Interference] 1:51 |
| Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Holding] 3:44 | |
| Gordie Roberts, MIN [Cross checking] 7:38 | |
| Kevin LaVallee, CAL [Hooking] 11:31 | |
| Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Roughing] 15:52 | |
| Bob Murdoch, CAL [Roughing] 15:52 | |
| Fred Barrett, MIN [Tripping] 18:26 | |
| 2: | Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Hooking] 8:38 |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Cross checking] 11:07 | |
| Phil Russell, CAL [Hi-sticking] 12:29 | |
| Phil Russell, CAL [Tripping] 19:03 | |
| 3: | Fred Barrett, MIN [Holding] 8:01 |
| Brad Maxwell, MIN [Slashing] 19:08 | |
| Bench penalty, MIN [Delay of game] 19:52 | |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Hi-sticking] 19:52 |
Penalty time: CAL: 14 minutes
MIN: 16 minutes
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin LaVallee | 15 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamie Hislop | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Gould | 19 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Brad Marsh | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Jim Peplinski | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Dwyer | 26 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reggie Lemelin | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -9 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -9 | 33 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Beaupre | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 8 | 44 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 8 | 44 | ||||||
Shots: CAL: 8-10-15-33
MIN: 19-16- 9-44
Goalies: CAL: Reggie Lemelin (L, 3-3-0),
Pat Riggin MIN: Don Beaupre (W, 3-0-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Swede Knox, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 15,784
Pat Riggin MIN: Don Beaupre (W, 3-0-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Swede Knox, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 15,784
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (59-20-14) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
 New York Rangers (37-43-14) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | John Tonelli 5 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick), 1:02 |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 12, 13:46 - PP | |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 13 (Bryan Trottier), 17:11 - PP | |
| 2: | NYI, | Butch Goring 5 (Bob Lorimer), 1:29 - SH |
| NYR, | Ron Greschner 4 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Anders Hedberg), 13:39 - PP | |
| NYR, | Barry Beck 5 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers), 17:22 - PP | |
| 3: | NYI, | Duane Sutter 3 (Billy Carroll), 10:49 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Anders Kallur, NYI [Holding] 2:22 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Hi-sticking] 4:17 | ||
| Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 4:17 | ||
| Billy Carroll, NYI [Hooking] 8:27 | ||
| John Hughes, NYR [Charging] 13:31 | ||
| John Hughes, NYR [Roughing] 16:16 | ||
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 17:59 | ||
| Peter Wallin, NYR [Slashing] 17:59 | ||
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 0:22 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Hooking] 13:06 | ||
| Mike Bossy, NYI [Tripping] 15:33 | ||
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Roughing] 19:22 | ||
| Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Roughing] 19:22 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 23 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| John Hughes | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 8- 8- 7-23
NYR: 7-13- 9-29
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 10-2-0)
NYR: Steve Baker (L, 7-7-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Kevin Collins
Attendance: 17,380
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