🏝️ Away Islanders 0-2 in series
6–1
Final
NYI leads 3–0
🍁 Home Maple Leafs 2-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 5106
🍁 TOR 0101

Islanders at Maple Leafs — First Round Game 3

Islanders, First Round Game 3, beat Maple Leafs 6–1 at Scotiabank Arena on April 11, 1981.

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🏒 1980-81 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

TOR vs NYI · NYI leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
2–9
Final · NYI
Game 2
1–5
Final · NYI
Game 3
6–1
Final · NYI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Denis Potvin
3 A
1 shots · +4
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Bryan Trottier
1 G, 1 A
5 shots
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Mike Bossy
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Wayne Merrick Go-ahead 1st · 08:58
Assists: Butch Goring · beat Jiri Crha
1–0
🏝️ Mike Bossy PP 1st · 12:05
Assists: Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin · beat Jiri Crha
2–0
🏝️ Hector Marini 1st · 14:03
Assists: Ken Morrow, Billy Carroll · beat Jiri Crha
3–0
🏝️ Mike McEwen PP 1st · 17:40
Assists: Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier · beat Jiri Crha
4–0
🏝️ Clark Gillies 1st · 19:35
Assists: Billy Carroll, Denis Potvin · beat Jiri Crha
5–0
2nd period
🏝️ Bryan Trottier 2nd · 13:34
Assists: Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin · beat Paul Harrison
6–0
🍁 Rick Vaive 2nd · 13:53
Assists: Borje Salming, Vitezslav Duris · beat Billy Smith
6–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI TOR🍁
31 Shots on goal 23
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
13 Penalty minutes 17
NYI shooting 19.4% (6/31) TOR shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🍁Maple Leafs
Paul Harrison
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 40:00 TOI
Jiri Crha
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 6–1
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 5 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 5 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 91981 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 Apr 81981 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 2–9 Feb 171981 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 8–5 Jan 281981 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 6–4 Jan 61981 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 3–6
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❓ NYI vs TOR, answered

Who won Islanders vs Maple Leafs on April 11, 1981?

Islanders won 6–1. The final score was Islanders 6, Maple Leafs 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies, Hector Marini, Mike Bossy, Mike McEwen, Wayne Merrick.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Rick Vaive.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Paul Harrison made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 9 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 AfterApr 16 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 2–8
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeApr 9 🍁TOR @ 🏝️NYI 1–5 AfterOct 6 🍁TOR @ ✈️WIN 6–1
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