All NHL game summaries from May 12, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (46-32-17) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 New York Islanders (60-20-14) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Anders Kallur 3 (Dave Langevin, Butch Goring), 2:54 |
| NYI, | Bryan Trottier 10 (Billy Carroll), 14:38 - SH | |
| NYI, | Anders Kallur 4 (Bryan Trottier), 15:25 - SH | |
| 2: | NYI, | Billy Carroll 3 (Duane Sutter, Bob Nystrom), 9:58 |
| MIN, | Kent-Erik Andersson 2 (Dino Ciccarelli), 13:04 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Wayne Merrick 4, :58 |
| MIN, | Steve Payne 13 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith), 3:08 - PP | |
| NYI, | Wayne Merrick 5 (Dave Langevin, John Tonelli), 13:15 | |
| MIN, | Dino Ciccarelli 12 (Tom McCarthy), 15:14 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 6:44 |
| Bob Bourne, NYI [Spearing major] 11:12 | |
| Tom McCarthy, MIN [Slashing] 19:45 | |
| 2: | Greg Smith, MIN [Interference] 6:06 |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Hi-sticking] 14:13 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 17:29 | |
| 3: | Gord Lane, NYI [Cross checking] 2:39 |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Roughing] 18:19 |
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes
NYI: 13 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Solheim | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 26 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 18 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 18 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 8- 8-10-26
NYI: 10-10- 3-23
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 8-4-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 11-2-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 15,008
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