1981 NHL Stanley Cup Final
New York Islanders defeat Minnesota North Stars 4-1

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Minnesota North Stars

W-L: 35-28-17, .544

SRS: 0.33 (9th of 21)

Goals: 291 (16th of 21)

Goals Against: 263 (5th of 21)

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New York Islanders

W-L: 48-18-14, .688

SRS: 1.13 (2nd of 21)

Goals: 355 (1st of 21)

Goals Against: 260 (4th of 21)

Game 1, May 12
Minnesota North Stars	3	Final
New York Islanders	6

Game 2, May 14
Minnesota North Stars	3	Final
New York Islanders	6

Game 3, May 17
New York Islanders	7	Final
Minnesota North Stars	5

Game 4, May 19
New York Islanders	2	Final
Minnesota North Stars	4

Game 5, May 21
Minnesota North Stars	1	Final
New York Islanders	5

Minnesota North Stars Skaters Series Stats

Minnesota North Stars Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
26	Steve Payne	LW	22	5	5	2	7	-4	2	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	19	26.3
20	Dino Ciccarelli	RW	20	5	3	2	5	-5	19	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	33.3
15	Bobby Smith	C	22	5	2	3	5	-3	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	17	11.8
4	Craig Hartsburg	D	21	5	1	4	5	-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	17	5.9
28	Steve Christoff	C	23	5	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	18.2
25	Al MacAdam	RW	28	5	1	3	4	-5	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	11.1
5	Brad Maxwell	D	23	4	0	4	4	-4	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	9	0.0
17	Tim Young	C	25	2	0	3	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0.0
8	Kent-Erik Andersson	RW	29	5	1	0	1	-7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
14	Brad Palmer	LW	19	5	1	0	1	-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7
7	Neal Broten	C	21	5	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0
23	Greg Smith	D	25	5	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0
11	Tom McCarthy	LW	20	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
10	Gordie Roberts	D	23	5	0	1	1	-6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0
29	Tom Younghans	RW	28	3	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Ken Solheim	LW	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Paul Shmyr	D	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
16	Mike Polich	C/LW	28	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Kevin Maxwell	C	20	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
2	Curt Giles	D	22	5	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
21	Jack Carlson	LW	26	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fred Barrett	D	31	3	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
	Team Total				16	27	43	-55	70	10	6	0	1	15	12	0	141	11.3

Minnesota North Stars Goalies Series Stats

Minnesota North Stars Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
33	Don Beaupre	G	19	3	1-2-0	13	106	93	.877	0	0	179:56	59:59
27	Gilles Meloche	G	30	2	0-2-0	12	51	39	.765	0	0	119:45	59:53
	Team Total				1-4-0	25	157	132	.841	0	0	299:41	59:56

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New York Islanders Skaters Series Stats

New York Islanders Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
22	Mike Bossy	RW	24	5	4	4	8	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	20	20.0
11	Wayne Merrick	C	28	5	3	5	8	3	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	7	42.9
91	Butch Goring	C	31	5	5	2	7	3	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	16	31.3
19	Bryan Trottier	C	24	5	2	5	7	5	14	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	11	18.2
5	Denis Potvin	D	27	5	2	4	6	6	8	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	11	18.2
27	John Tonelli	LW	23	5	0	5	5	4	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	0.0
28	Anders Kallur	RW	28	5	2	2	4	-2	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	9	22.2
23	Bob Nystrom	RW	28	5	2	2	4	3	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	28.6
25	Billy Carroll	C	22	5	1	3	4	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	25.0
2-16	Mike McEwen	D	24	5	2	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	11.1
14	Bob Bourne	C	26	5	1	2	3	-2	12	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	12.5
9	Clark Gillies	LW	26	5	0	3	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.0
26	Dave Langevin	D	26	5	0	2	2	4	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0.0
6	Ken Morrow	D	24	5	1	0	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
24	Gord Lane	D	27	5	1	0	1	2	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
12	Duane Sutter	RW	20	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0
4	Bob Lorimer	D	27	5	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
	Team Total				26	41	67	52	105	19	5	2	4	31	8	2	158	16.5

New York Islanders Goalies Series Stats

New York Islanders Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
31	Billy Smith	G	30	5	4-1-0	16	141	125	.887	0	2	299:00	59:48
	Team Total				4-1-0	16	141	125	.887	0	2	299:00	59:48

1980-81 Regular Season Stats

Tuesday, Nov 11, 1980
Minnesota North Stars	6	Final
New York Islanders	6

Monday, Nov 17, 1980
New York Islanders	2	Final
Minnesota North Stars	1

Saturday, Feb 7, 1981
Minnesota North Stars	5	Final
New York Islanders	5

Monday, Feb 23, 1981
New York Islanders	4	Final
Minnesota North Stars	1

MNS Scoring Regular Season

MNS Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bobby Smith	22	C	78	29	64	93	1	73	16	13	0	7	33	31	0	242	12.0			5.6	1.3	6.9
2	Tim Young	25	C	74	25	41	66	6	40	15	10	0	4	20	19	2	214	11.7			3.5	1.4	4.9
3	Al MacAdam	28	RW	78	21	39	60	-6	94	15	6	0	7	16	23	0	145	14.5			2.6	1.1	3.7
4	Steve Payne	22	LW	76	30	28	58	14	88	19	11	0	2	18	10	0	243	12.3			3.2	1.6	4.8
5	Tom McCarthy	20	LW	62	23	25	48	3	62	19	4	0	2	21	4	0	147	15.6			2.5	1.1	3.6
6	Craig Hartsburg	21	D	74	13	30	43	-9	124	5	8	0	2	10	19	1	207	6.3			2.5	4.3	6.7
7	Kent-Erik Andersson	29	RW	77	17	24	41	8	22	12	1	4	2	23	1	0	127	13.4			1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Steve Christoff	23	C	56	26	13	39	-9	58	17	9	0	2	10	3	0	132	19.7			2.4	0.7	3.0
9	Gordie Roberts	23	D	50	6	31	37	1	94	3	3	0	0	22	9	0	83	7.2			2.0	3.3	5.3
10	Mike Eaves	24	C	48	10	24	34	1	18	8	1	1	1	19	4	1	104	9.6			1.2	0.8	2.0
11	Dino Ciccarelli*	20	RW	32	18	12	30	2	29	10	8	0	0	10	2	0	126	14.3			2.1	0.6	2.7
12	Curt Giles	22	D	67	5	22	27	8	56	4	1	0	1	8	13	1	82	6.1			0.9	4.7	5.6
13	Greg Smith	25	D	74	5	21	26	7	126	4	1	0	1	17	4	0	99	5.1			0.7	5.1	5.8
14	Glen Sharpley	24	C	28	12	12	24	-4	18	6	6	0	0	10	2	0	52	23.1			1.4	0.4	1.8
15	Ron Zanussi	24	RW	41	6	11	17	3	89	6	0	0	0	10	1	0	43	14.0			0.0	0.8	0.7
16	Mike Fidler	24	LW	20	5	12	17	5	6	5	0	0	0	7	5	0	42	11.9			0.8	0.5	1.2
17	Brad Maxwell	23	D	27	3	13	16	-1	98	0	3	0	1	6	7	0	71	4.2			0.8	1.7	2.5
18	Mike Polich	28	LW	74	8	5	13	-3	19	7	0	1	0	4	1	0	58	13.8			-1.5	1.1	-0.4
19	Fred Barrett	31	D	62	4	8	12	0	72	4	0	0	1	7	1	0	73	5.5			-0.2	4.0	3.8
20	Gary Sargent	26	D	23	4	7	11	-1	36	2	2	0	0	5	2	0	42	9.5			0.6	1.4	2.0
21	Tom Younghans	28	RW	74	4	6	10	-10	79	2	1	1	2	6	0	0	55	7.3			-2.0	1.0	-1.1
22	Paul Shmyr	35	D	61	1	9	10	4	79	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	62	1.6			-0.5	4.1	3.6
23	Jack Carlson	26	LW	43	7	2	9	-5	108	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	29.2			-0.6	0.6	0.0
24	Brad Palmer	19	LW	23	4	4	8	-5	22	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	59	6.8			-0.1	0.2	0.2
25	Ken Solheim	19	LW	5	2	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	22.2			0.2	0.2	0.3
26	Don Jackson	24	D	10	0	3	3	3	19	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.0			0.0	0.8	0.8
27	Kevin Maxwell	20	C	6	0	3	3	-1	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Neal Broten	21	C	3	2	0	2	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3			0.2	0.1	0.2
29	Ron Friest	22	LW	4	1	0	1	-2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Don Beaupre	19	G	44	0	1	1	0	20				0	1			0		2580	58:38	0.0	0.0	8.9
31	Murray Brumwell	20	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.1
32	Joe Contini	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Jim Dobson	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Rob Flockhart	24	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
35	Jon Fontas	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Roger Melin	24	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
37	Gilles Meloche	30	G	38	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2211	58:11	0.0	0.0	7.5
	Team Total			80	291	471	762	12	1580	196	88	7	35	303	162	6	2578	11.3			28.8	44.5	89.6

MNS Goalies Regular Season

MNS Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Don Beaupre	19	44		18	14	11	138	1309	1171	.895	3.21	0	2580				85	24.1
2	Gilles Meloche	30	38		17	14	6	120	1076	956	.888	3.26	2	2211				90	13.3
	Team Total				35	28	17	258	2385	2127	.892	3.23	2	4791				87	37.4

NYI Scoring Regular Season

NYI Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Mike Bossy*	24	RW	79	68	51	119	38	32	38	28	2	10	35	16	0	315	21.6			10.2	1.8	12.0
2	Bryan Trottier*	24	C	73	31	72	103	50	74	20	9	2	5	45	22	5	156	19.9			6.6	2.1	8.7
3	Clark Gillies*	26	LW	80	33	45	78	27	99	24	9	0	3	26	19	0	188	17.6			4.7	1.5	6.2
4	Bob Bourne	26	LW	78	35	41	76	34	62	19	9	7	5	31	8	2	195	17.9			4.8	1.7	6.5
5	Denis Potvin*	27	D	74	20	56	76	39	104	11	9	0	4	19	32	5	206	9.7			5.4	5.6	11.0
6	Anders Kallur	28	RW	78	36	28	64	24	32	23	7	6	4	18	7	3	163	22.1			4.0	1.4	5.4
7	Stefan Persson	26	D	80	9	52	61	25	82	3	6	0	2	18	34	0	120	7.5			3.4	5.1	8.5
8	Butch Goring	31	C	78	23	37	60	4	0	18	4	1	1	28	7	2	152	15.1			2.8	0.9	3.7
9	John Tonelli	23	LW	70	20	32	52	7	57	18	2	0	3	24	8	0	114	17.5			2.3	0.9	3.2
10	Bob Nystrom	28	RW	79	14	30	44	6	145	11	3	0	0	30	0	0	161	8.7			0.9	1.0	1.9
11	Steve Tambellini	22	C	61	19	17	36	-11	17	17	2	0	4	13	4	0	112	17.0			1.4	0.3	1.8
12	Wayne Merrick	28	C	71	16	15	31	12	30	15	1	0	2	12	3	0	89	18.0			0.5	1.0	1.5
13	Garry Howatt	28	LW	70	4	15	19	12	174	4	0	0	0	15	0	0	48	8.3			-1.2	1.0	-0.2
14	Duane Sutter	20	RW	23	7	11	18	-7	26	6	1	0	1	8	3	0	48	14.6			0.9	0.0	0.9
15	Dave Langevin	26	D	75	1	16	17	40	122	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	68	1.5			-0.3	5.7	5.4
16	Ken Morrow	24	D	80	2	11	13	19	20	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	69	2.9			-0.6	4.8	4.2
17	Bob Lorimer	27	D	73	1	12	13	45	77	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	65	1.5			-0.5	5.9	5.3
18	Gord Lane	27	D	60	3	9	12	-6	124	2	0	1	1	9	0	0	54	5.6			-0.2	2.5	2.4
19	Hector Marini	24	RW	14	4	7	11	9	39	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	9	44.4			0.5	0.4	0.9
20	Billy Carroll	22	C	18	4	4	8	3	6	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	25	16.0			0.1	0.3	0.4
21	Jean Potvin	31	D	18	2	3	5	-4	25	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	16	12.5			0.1	0.6	0.8
22	Brent Sutter	18	C	3	2	2	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	100.0			0.3	0.1	0.4
23	Lorne Henning	28	C	9	1	2	3	4	24	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	6.7			-0.1	0.2	0.1
24	Mike McEwen	24	D	13	0	3	3	3	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	27	0.0			-0.1	0.8	0.7
25	Glenn Resch	32	G	32	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		1814	56:42	0.0	0.0	6.5
26	Roland Melanson	20	G	11	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		620	56:22	0.0	0.0	2.2
27	Billy Smith*	30	G	41	0	0	0	0	33				0	0			0		2359	57:32	0.0	0.0	7.9
	Team Total			80	355	572	927	375	1418	243	93	19	48	388	165	19	2417	14.7			45.9	45.7	108.2

NYI Goalies Regular Season

NYI Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Billy Smith*	30	41		22	10	8	129	1229	1100	.895	3.28	2	2359				85	23.2
2	Glenn Resch	32	32		18	7	5	93	879	786	.894	3.08	3	1814				85	15.9
3	Roland Melanson	20	11		8	1	1	32	304	272	.895	3.10	0	620				85	5.7
	Team Total				48	18	14	254	2412	2158	.895	3.18	5	4793				85	44.7

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