NHL game summary from May 5, 1981
| 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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