🍁 Away Maple Leafs 27-30-0 before this game

8–5

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 37-22-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	0	0	8
NYI	0	0	0	5

Maple Leafs at Islanders

Maple Leafs beat Islanders 8–5 at UBS Arena on February 17, 1981.

🗓 Tue, Feb 17, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Rick Vaive

2 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Bill Derlago

1 G, 2 A

6 shots · +2

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Wilf Paiement

1 G, 2 A

6 shots

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR NYI🏝️

40 Shots on goal 32

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3

19 Penalty minutes 19

TOR shooting 20.0% (8/40) NYI shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Jim Rutherford

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏝️Islanders

Glenn Resch

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 26:34 TOI

Billy Smith

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 32:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 27-30 (47% win rate, 57 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 37-22 (63% win rate, 59 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 27-30 (47% win rate, 57 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 37-22 (63% win rate, 59 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

6–4 · Maple Leafs won

Jan 17, 1980

🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI

6–9 · Islanders won

❓ TOR vs NYI, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Islanders on February 17, 1981?

Maple Leafs won 8–5.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Islanders?

The final score was Maple Leafs 8, Islanders 5.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Jim Rutherford made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Glenn Resch made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Islanders season series?

Islanders lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Feb 14

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Feb 14

Also on February 17, 1981

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