NHL game summary from May 19, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (62-21-14) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Minnesota North Stars (47-34-17) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Gord Lane 1 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier), 3:47 |
| MIN, | Craig Hartsburg 3 (Bobby Smith, Brad Maxwell), 11:34 - PP | |
| 2: | MIN, | Al MacAdam 9 (Steve Payne, Brad Maxwell), 5:15 |
| NYI, | Mike McEwen 5 (John Tonelli, Anders Kallur), 7:37 - PP | |
| 3: | MIN, | Steve Payne 17 (Brad Maxwell, Al MacAdam), 12:26 |
| MIN, | Bobby Smith 8 (Al MacAdam, Brad Maxwell), 18:12 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Clark Gillies, NYI [Slashing] 1:00 |
| Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Slashing] 4:00 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Cross checking] 10:03 | |
| Gordie Roberts, MIN [Hooking] 12:23 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Roughing] 13:44 | |
| Curt Giles, MIN [Tripping] 16:21 | |
| 2: | Bob Nystrom, NYI [Charging] 3:12 |
| Brad Palmer, MIN [Cross checking] 5:47 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Elbowing] 9:13 | |
| Dino Ciccarelli, MIN [Cross checking, Fighting] 11:30 | |
| Bob Lorimer, NYI [Fighting] 11:30 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Tripping] 14:54 | |
| 3: | Anders Kallur, NYI [Tripping] 6:17 |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 16:39 |
Penalty time: NYI: 21 minutes
MIN: 15 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 35 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Beaupre | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 34 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 12-12-11-35
MIN: 13-10-11-34
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 13-3-0)
MIN: Don Beaupre (W, 4-1-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15,784
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