The New York Rangers were easily defeated by the New York Islanders, 5 to 1, in Game 3 of the 1981 playoff series on May 2, 1981.

Final

Islanders

3-0-0

5

Rangers

0-3-0

1

Team

NYI

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NYR

Mike Bossy (PP) assisted by Clark Gillies and Denis Potvin

Bob Bourne (PP) assisted by Mike McEwen and Bryan Trottier

2nd period

NYI

NYR

Ken Morrow (EV) assisted by Bobby Nystrom

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Wayne Merrick

3rd period

NYI

NYR

Peter Wallin (EV) assisted by Tom Laidlaw

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

Islanders

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	25	24	.960	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	33.3
Billy Carroll B. Carroll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Baker (L) S. Baker	0	1	0	31	26	.839	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Mike Allison M. Allison	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Barry Beck B. Beck	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0
Jere Gillis J. Gillis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Chris Kotsopoulos C. Kotsopoulos	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Tom Laidlaw T. Laidlaw	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Peter Wallin P. Wallin	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3