The New York Islanders came up just a bit short against the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, on December 29, 1981.

Final

Canadiens

19-8-9

5

Islanders

21-10-5

4

Team

MTL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

Denis Potvin (PP) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Stefan Persson

Clark Gillies (EV) assisted by Billy Carroll and Hector Marini

Larry Robinson (PP) assisted by Keith Acton

2nd period

MTL

NYI

Craig Laughlin (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur

Pierre Mondou (EV) assisted by Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe

Bryan Trottier (PP) assisted by Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin

3rd period

MTL

NYI

Mario Tremblay (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou and Craig Laughlin

Doug Jarvis (EV) assisted by Mark Napier

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen and Wayne Merrick

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Richard Sevigny (W) R. Sevigny	1	0	0	16	14	.875	2	3.00	0	40
Denis Herron D. Herron				6	4	.667	2	6.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Keith Acton K. Acton	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	+1	12	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	5	20.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (L) B. Smith	0	1	0	30	25	.833	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	6	16.7
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Billy Carroll B. Carroll	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Hector Marini H. Marini	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	3	33.3
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	-1	6	1	1	3	33.3