🏝️ Away Islanders 0-2 in series
2–5
Final
NYI leads 4–2
🛢️ Home Oilers 2-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 0112
🛢️ EDM 0235

Islanders at Oilers — Second Round Game 3

Oilers, Second Round Game 3, beat Islanders 5–2 at Rogers Place on April 19, 1981.

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 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 🛢️ EDM
Wayne Gretzky
3 G
11 shots · +3
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Jari Kurri
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +3
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Clark Gillies
1 G, 1 A
7 shots

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky SH Go-ahead 2nd · 02:16
Unassisted · beat Billy Smith
0–1
🏝️ Mike Bossy PP Tying 2nd · 12:30
Assists: Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies · beat Andy Moog
1–1
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:44
Assists: Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey · beat Billy Smith
1–2
3rd period
🛢️ Matti Hagman 3rd · 03:24
Assists: Glenn Anderson, Mark Messier · beat Billy Smith
1–3
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 3rd · 06:59
Assists: Jari Kurri · beat Billy Smith
1–4
🏝️ Clark Gillies 3rd · 10:33
Assists: Butch Goring, Hector Marini · beat Andy Moog
2–4
🛢️ Jari Kurri 3rd · 16:25
Assists: Kevin Lowe · beat Roland Melanson
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI EDM🛢️
30 Shots on goal 34
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
24 Penalty minutes 20
NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) EDM shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Roland Melanson
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 10:11 TOI
Billy Smith
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 49:49 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Andy Moog
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 16-9 (64% win rate, 25 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 12-11 (52% win rate, 23 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-7 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-4 (67% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 171981 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 Apr 161981 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 2–8 Mar 121981 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 5–0 Mar 31981 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 8–8 Dec 101980 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 3–2
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Who won Islanders vs Oilers on April 19, 1981?

Oilers won 5–2. The final score was Islanders 2, Oilers 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy.

Who scored for Oilers?

Wayne Gretzky (3), Jari Kurri, Matti Hagman.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Roland Melanson made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 17 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 AfterApr 20 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 5–4
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeApr 17 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 AfterApr 20 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 5–4
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