The Minnesota North Stars were decisively beaten by the New York Islanders, 8 to 5, on December 5, 1981.

Final

Islanders

15-6-4

8

North Stars

12-6-8

5

Team

NYI

MNS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

MNS

Wayne Merrick (EV) assisted by Bobby Nystrom and John Tonelli

Duane Sutter (EV) assisted by John Tonelli and Billy Carroll

Butch Goring (SH) assisted by Billy Carroll and Denis Potvin

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) assisted by Bobby Smith and Ron Meighan

2nd period

NYI

MNS

Bryan Trottier (EV) assisted by Anders Kallur and Mike Bossy

Butch Goring (SH) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Dave Langevin

Bobby Smith (EV) assisted by Brad Palmer and Brad Maxwell

Clark Gillies (EV) assisted by Bob Bourne and Duane Sutter

Duane Sutter (EV) assisted by Billy Carroll and Clark Gillies

Neal Broten (EV) assisted by Al MacAdam and Kevin Maxwell

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) assisted by Gordie Roberts and Bobby Smith

3rd period

NYI

MNS

Gordie Roberts (EV) assisted by Al MacAdam and Steve Christoff

Mike Bossy (EV-EN) assisted by Denis Potvin

Islanders

North Stars

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

North Stars

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	38	33	.868	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Carroll B. Carroll	0	3	3	+3	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Butch Goring B. Goring	2	0	2	+1	0	2	0	0	2	100.0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Beaupre (L) D. Beaupre	0	1	0	30	23	.767	7	7.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Fred Barrett F. Barrett	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0.0
Neal Broten N. Broten	1	0	1	-2	2	2	50.0
Jack Carlson J. Carlson	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Steve Christoff S. Christoff	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0.0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	2	0	2	-1	0	8	25.0
Ron Friest R. Friest	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Anders Hakansson A. Hakansson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0	0	0	-5	0	3	0.0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0.0
Kevin Maxwell K. Maxwell	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Ron Meighan R. Meighan	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brad Palmer B. Palmer	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0.0
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	1	1	2	+1	0	2	50.0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	1	2	3	-3	0	5	20.0