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Minnesota North Stars at New York Islanders

Stanley Cup Final, Game 1 · May 12, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota North Stars 3 26
New York Islanders 6 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:54 NYI Anders Kallur (3) Dave Langevin (2), Butch Goring (9) 0 - 1
14:38 NYI Bryan Trottier (10) SH Billy Carroll (7) 0 - 2
15:25 NYI Anders Kallur (4) SH Bryan Trottier (14) 0 - 3
2nd Period
09:58 NYI Billy Carroll (3) Duane Sutter (1), Bobby Nystrom (5) 0 - 4
13:04 MNS Kent-Erik Andersson (2) Dino Ciccarelli (6) 1 - 4
3rd Period
00:58 NYI Wayne Merrick (4) Unassisted 1 - 5
03:08 MNS Steve Payne (13) PP Craig Hartsburg (9), Bobby Smith (15) 2 - 5
13:15 NYI Wayne Merrick (5) Dave Langevin (3), John Tonelli (4) 2 - 6
15:14 MNS Dino Ciccarelli (12) Tom McCarthy (3) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:44 MNS Brad Maxwell High sticking 2
11:12 NYI Bob Bourne Spearing 5
19:45 MNS Tom McCarthy Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:06 MNS Greg Smith Interference 2
14:13 NYI John Tonelli High sticking 2
17:29 NYI Bryan Trottier Tripping 2
3rd Period
02:39 NYI Gord Lane Cross checking 2
18:09 NYI Bryan Trottier Roughing 2

Minnesota North Stars

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
22 Dino Ciccarelli R 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
24 Kent-Erik Andersson R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
44 Steve Payne L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
4 Craig Hartsburg D 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
18 Bobby Smith C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
19 Tom McCarthy L 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
2 Curt Giles D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
7 Neal Broten C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
12 Steve Christoff C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
14 Gordie Roberts D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
19 Greg Smith D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
21 Brad Palmer L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
25 Jack Carlson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
25 Al MacAdam R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
28 Fred Barrett D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
28 Ken Solheim L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
55 Brad Maxwell D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
27 Gilles Meloche L 23 17 6 60:00

New York Islanders

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
11 Wayne Merrick C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
28 Anders Kallur C 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
12 Billy Carroll C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
19 Bryan Trottier C 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 00:00
25 Dave Langevin D 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 00:00
12 Duane Sutter R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
21 John Tonelli L 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 00:00
22 Butch Goring C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
23 Bobby Nystrom R 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
4 Bob Lorimer D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
5 Denis Potvin D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
6 Ken Morrow D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
14 Bob Bourne C 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 00:00
22 Mike Bossy R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
24 Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
25 Mike McEwen D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
90 Clark Gillies L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
31 Billy Smith W 26 23 3 60:00