🛢️ Away Oilers 0-0 in series
2–8
Final
NYI leads 4–2
🏝️ Home Islanders 0-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🛢️ EDM 0112
🏝️ NYI 2428

Oilers at Islanders — Second Round Game 1

Islanders, Second Round Game 1, beat Oilers 8–2 at UBS Arena on April 16, 1981.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1980-81 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

EDM vs NYI · NYI leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
2–8
Final · NYI
Game 2
3–6
Final · NYI
Game 3
2–5
Final · EDM
Game 4
5–4
OT · NYI
Game 5
4–3
Final · EDM
Game 6
5–2
Final · NYI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Denis Potvin
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Butch Goring
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · +1
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Clark Gillies
2 G
6 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Bobby Nystrom Go-ahead 1st · 03:14
Assists: Garry Howatt, Mike McEwen · beat Andy Moog
0–1
🏝️ Butch Goring PP 1st · 19:15
Assists: Bobby Nystrom, Denis Potvin · beat Andy Moog
0–2
2nd period
🏝️ John Tonelli 2nd · 02:46
Assists: Wayne Merrick, Garry Howatt · beat Andy Moog
0–3
🏝️ Hector Marini 2nd · 03:33
Assists: Billy Carroll, Bob Lorimer · beat Andy Moog
0–4
🏝️ Denis Potvin PP 2nd · 04:30
Assists: Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy · beat Andy Moog
0–5
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky PP 2nd · 08:06
Assists: Mark Messier · beat Billy Smith
1–5
🏝️ Clark Gillies PP 2nd · 14:17
Assists: Butch Goring, Hector Marini · beat Andy Moog
1–6
3rd period
🏝️ Clark Gillies 3rd · 07:15
Assists: Dave Langevin, Bryan Trottier · beat Gary Edwards
1–7
🏝️ Denis Potvin SH 3rd · 10:50
Assists: Butch Goring, Billy Carroll · beat Gary Edwards
1–8
🛢️ Matti Hagman 3rd · 12:27
Assists: Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson · beat Billy Smith
2–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM NYI🏝️
28 Shots on goal 26
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
19 Penalty minutes 19
EDM shooting 7.1% (2/28) NYI shooting 30.8% (8/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Gary Edwards
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI
Andy Moog
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Oilers
Oilers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–6
Oilers
Oilers — trailing by 5 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 5 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Mar 121981 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 5–0 Mar 31981 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 8–8 Dec 101980 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 Oct 181980 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 5–5 Mar 41980 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 4–6
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❓ EDM vs NYI, answered

Who won Oilers vs Islanders on April 16, 1981?

Islanders won 8–2. The final score was Oilers 2, Islanders 8.

Who scored for Oilers?

Matti Hagman, Wayne Gretzky.

Who scored for Islanders?

Clark Gillies (2), Denis Potvin (2), Bobby Nystrom, Butch Goring, Hector Marini, John Tonelli.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Gary Edwards made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeApr 11 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 2–6 AfterApr 17 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 3–6
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 11 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 6–1 AfterApr 17 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 3–6
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