The New York Islanders schooled the Minnesota North Stars, 5 to 1, in Game 5 of the 1981 Stanley Cup Final on May 21, 1981.

Final

North Stars

1-4-0

1

Islanders

4-1-0

5

Team

MNS

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

NYI

Butch Goring (PP) assisted by Bob Bourne

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

Butch Goring (EV) assisted by Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy

Steve Christoff (EV) unassisted

2nd period

MNS

NYI

Bob Bourne (EV) assisted by Billy Carroll and Anders Kallur

3rd period

MNS

NYI

Mike McEwen (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier

North Stars

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Beaupre (L) D. Beaupre	0	1	0	33	28	.848	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	0	0	-2	0	0
Steve Christoff S. Christoff	1	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0	0	-2	0	0
Curt Giles C. Giles	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0
Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	0	0	2	3	0.0
Kevin Maxwell K. Maxwell	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0
Brad Palmer B. Palmer	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0
Paul Shmyr P. Shmyr	0	0	0	2	0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	0	-2	0	5	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	2	1	0.0

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	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Billy Carroll B. Carroll	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	4	50.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0