New York Islanders at Detroit Red Wings

Sun, Dec 20, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena · 1981–82 Regular Season

New York Islanders

5 – 3

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Sun, Dec 20, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. Bryan Trottier led the way with 2 points. Billy Smith made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	5	26
DET	3	29

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
19	Bryan Trottier	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2
22	Mike Bossy	R	0	2	2	+2	0	2
2	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	+2	4	2
29	Hector Marini	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0
27	John Tonelli	L	1	0	1	-2	4	2
7	Stefan Persson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2
25	Billy Carroll	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1
12	Duane Sutter	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3
11	Wayne Merrick	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0
14	Bob Bourne	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4
21	Brent Sutter	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0
9	Clark Gillies	L	1	0	1	+2	5	1
5	Denis Potvin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2
3	Tomas Jonsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
6	Ken Morrow	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0
23	Bobby Nystrom	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4
24	Gord Lane	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Billy Smith	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
7	Willie Huber	D	0	2	2	-1	0	5
23	Mark Osborne	L	1	1	2	0	0	2
28	Reed Larson	D	0	1	1	-2	2	8
16	Mark Kirton	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
21	Mike Blaisdell	R	0	1	1	0	0	0
11	Walt McKechnie	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1
18	Danny Gare	R	1	0	1	-1	2	1
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Greg Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	John Barrett	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
27	Brad Smith	R	0	0	0	0	5	0
24	Derek Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3
26	Jim Korn	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2
25	John Ogrodnick	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Bob Sauve	L	25	21	4	.840	59:41