All NHL game summaries from May 21, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (47-35-17) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 New York Islanders (63-21-14) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Butch Goring 9 (Bob Bourne), 5:12 - PP |
| NYI, | Wayne Merrick 6 (John Tonelli, Bob Nystrom), 5:37 | |
| NYI, | Butch Goring 10 (Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy), 10:03 | |
| MIN, | Steve Christoff 8, 16:06 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Bob Bourne 4 (Billy Carroll, Anders Kallur), 19:21 |
| 3: | NYI, | Mike McEwen 6 (Bryan Trottier), 17:06 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Nystrom, NYI [Holding] 0:56 |
| Brad Palmer, MIN [Holding] 3:52 | |
| Bob Lorimer, NYI [Slashing] 19:00 | |
| 2: | Paul Shmyr, MIN [Elbowing] 7:33 |
| Greg Smith, MIN [Cross checking] 14:43 | |
| Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Roughing] 19:55 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Roughing] 19:55 | |
| 3: | Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 3:47 |
| Brad Maxwell, MIN [Slashing] 7:57 | |
| John Tonelli, NYI [Slashing] 7:57 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Hi-sticking] 11:48 | |
| Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Slashing] 16:42 | |
| Billy Smith, NYI [Slashing] 16:42 |
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes
NYI: 14 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -14 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -14 | 25 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 15- 4- 6-25
NYI: 10-16- 7-33
Goalies: MIN: Don Beaupre (L, 4-2-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 14-3-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Attendance: 15,008
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