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NHL game summary from May 17, 1981



Team123F
New York Islanders (62-20-14) 1 3 3 7
Minnesota North Stars (46-34-17) 3 0 2 5
New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: MIN,Steve Christoff 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Dino Ciccarelli), 3:25 - PP
MIN,Steve Payne 15 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam), 14:09
NYI,Mike Bossy 16 (Clark Gillies), 14:47
MIN,Bobby Smith 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Steve Payne), 16:30 - PP
2: NYI,Bob Nystrom 6 (John Tonelli, Wayne Merrick), 4:10
NYI,Butch Goring 6 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy), 7:16 - PP
NYI,Butch Goring 7 (Clark Gillies), 11:51
3: MIN,Steve Payne 16 (Tim Young, Steve Christoff), 1:11
NYI,Mike Bossy 17 (Bryan Trottier), 2:05
NYI,Butch Goring 8 (Billy Carroll, Denis Potvin), 6:34
MIN,Dino Ciccarelli 14 (Bobby Smith), 13:35
NYI,Bryan Trottier 11 (Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick), 19:16 - EN
Penalties:

1: Bob Nystrom, NYI [Interference] 2:10
Tom Younghans, MIN [Interference] 3:55
Steve Payne, MIN [Holding] 6:37
Tom Younghans, MIN [Roughing] 7:05
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 7:05
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hooking] 7:19
Dave Langevin, NYI [Boarding] 11:26
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Interference] 15:20
2: Bobby Smith, MIN [Tripping] 5:39
Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:56
Greg Smith, MIN [Interference] 5:56
Clark Gillies, NYI [Interference] 9:40
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 16:00
Mike McEwen, NYI [Hooking] 18:25
3: John Tonelli, NYI [Tripping] 4:15
Penalty time: NYI: 20 minutes MIN: 10 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 2 2 0 2 2
Ken Morrow 6 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 2 2 4 3 1
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 2 2 0 -1 2
Duane Sutter 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike McEwen 16 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 1 2 4 3 4
Mike Bossy 22 RW 2 2 4 0 3 4
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 0 1 6 -1 1
Gord Lane 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Billy Carroll 25 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 1 1 2 0 1
Anders Kallur 28 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Goring 91 C 3 0 3 0 2 6
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1529

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Giles 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 2 2 0 -3 4
Neal Broten 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gordie Roberts 10 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom McCarthy 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Palmer 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 1 2 2 -2 5
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tim Young 17 C 0 2 2 0 -2 1
Dino Ciccarelli 20 RW 1 1 2 0 -2 2
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Steve Payne 26 LW 2 1 3 2 -2 3
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Christoff 28 C 1 1 2 0 1 2
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1628
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1628
Shots: NYI: 11- 8-10-29 MIN: 8- 7-13-28 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 13-2-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 8-5-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Ron Finn, John D'Amico Attendance: 15,784



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