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1980-81 Statistics

Individual Scoring, Regular Season

Player Games Goals Assists Points Penalty Min.
Mike Bossy 79 68 51 119 32
Bryan Trottier 73 31 72 103 74
Clark Gillies 80 33 45 78 99
Bob Bourne 78 35 41 76 62
Denis Potvin 74 20 56 76 104
Anders Kallur 78 36 28 64 32
Stefan Persson 80 9 52 61 82
Butch Goring 78 23 37 60 0
John Tonelli 70 20 32 52 57
Bob Nystrom 79 14 30 44 145
Steve Tambellini 61 19 17 36 17
Wayne Merrick 71 16 15 31 30
Garry Howatt 70 4 15 19 174
Duane Sutter 23 7 11 18 26
Dave Langevin 75 1 16 17 122
Ken Morrow 80 2 11 13 20
Bob Lorimer 73 1 12 13 77
Gord Lane 60 3 9 12 124
Hector Marini 14 4 7 11 39
Bill Carroll 18 4 4 8 6
Jean Potvin 18 2 3 5 25
Brent Sutter 3 2 2 4 0
Lorne Henning 9 1 2 3 24
Mike McEwen 13 0 3 3 10
Glenn Resch 32 0 1 1 0
Bill Smith 41 0 0 0 33
Roland Melanson 11 0 0 0 4

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Home and Road Record, Regular Season

Home: 23 wins, 6 losses, 11 ties, 57 points, 193 goals for, 127 goals against. Road: 25 wins, 12 losses, 3 ties, 53 points, 162 goals for, 133 goals against.

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Final Score of Each Playoff Game

Preliminary Round
Best-of-five vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Game One, April 8, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 9, Toronto 2.
Game Two, April 9, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 5, Toronto 1.
Game Three, April 11, 1981, at Toronto: Islanders 6, Toronto 1.

Islanders win series, three games to none.

 

Quarterfinal Round
Best-of-seven vs. Edmonton Oilers

Game One, April 16, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 8, Edmonton 2.
Game Two, April 17, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 6, Edmonton 3.
Game Three, April 19, 1981, at Edmonton: Edmonton 5, Islanders 2.
Game Four, April 20, 1981, at Edmonton: Islanders 5, Edmonton 4 (OT).
Game Five, April 22, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Edmonton 4, Islanders 3.
Game Six, April 24, 1981, at Edmonton: Islanders 5, Edmonton 2.

Islanders win series, four games to two.

 

Semifinal Round
Best-of-seven vs. New York Rangers

Game One, April 28, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 5, Rangers 2.
Game Two, April 30, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 7, Rangers 3.
Game Three, May 2, 1981, at Madison Square Garden: Islanders 5, Rangers 1.
Game Four, April 5, 1981, at Madison Square Garden: Islanders 5, Rangers 2.

Islanders win series, four games to two.

 

Final Round
Best-of-seven vs. Minnesota North Stars

Game One, May 12, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 6, Minnesota 3.
Game Two, May 14, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 6, Minnesota 3.
Game Three, May 17, 1981, at Minnesota: Islanders 6, Minnesota 5.
Game Four, May 19, 1981, at Minnesota: Minnesota 4, Islanders 2.
Game Five, May 21, 1981, at Nassau Coliseum: Islanders 5, Minnesota 1.

Islanders win series, and Stanley Cup, four games to one.

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Box Score for the Cup Clincher

Repeat the Feat
Thursday, May 21, 1981
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

1 2 3 Total
Minnesota North Stars  1 0 0 1
New York Islanders  3 1 1 5

First Period: 1, Islanders, Goring 9 (Bourne), 5:12. 2, Islanders, Merrick 6 (Tonelli, Nystrom), 5:37. 3, Islanders, Goring 10 (Gillies, Bossy), 10:03. 4, North Stars, Christoff 8, 16:06.
Penalties: Nystrom, Islanders, 0:56; Palmer, North Stars, 3:52; Lorimer, Islanders, 19:00.

Second Period: 5, Islanders, Bourne 4 (Carroll, Kallur), 19:21.
Penalties: Shmyr, North Stars, 7:33; G. Smith, North Stars, 14:43; Maxwell, North Stars, 19:55; Lane, Islanders, 19:55.

Third Period: 6, Islanders, McEwen 6 (Trottier), 17:06.
Penalties: Lorimer, Islanders, 3:46; Maxwell, North Stars, 7:57; Tonelli, Islanders, 7:57; Lane, Islanders, 11:48; Maxwell, North Stars, 16:42; Smith, Islanders, 16:42.

Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Minnesota North Stars  15 4 6 25
New York Islanders  10 16 7 33

Goalies
North Stars: Don Beaupre
Islanders: Bill Smith

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Useless Fact

For the second consecutive game in which they won the Stanley Cup, the Islanders outshot their opponent 33-25.

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