🏝️ Away Islanders 9-1-0 before this game

2–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 9-1-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	1	1	2
MTL	0	0	1	1

Islanders at Canadiens

Islanders beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on October 31, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Oct 31, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Anders Kallur

1 G

5 shots · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Clark Gillies

1 G

4 shots

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Bryan Trottier

1 A

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🏝️ Clark Gillies Go-ahead 2nd · 06:42

Assists: Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier

1–0

3rd period

🏝️ Anders Kallur 3rd · 07:24

Assists: Bob Bourne, Ken Morrow

2–0

🇨🇦 Doug Jarvis 3rd · 09:05

Assists: Mark Napier, Bob Gainey

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦

25 Shots on goal 35

12 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 8.0% (2/25) MTL shooting 2.9% (1/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Denis Herron

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYI vs MTL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on October 31, 1981?

Islanders won 2–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Canadiens?

The final score was Islanders 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Anders Kallur, Clark Gillies.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Doug Jarvis.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Canadiens season series?

Islanders lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Oct 29

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 29

Also on October 31, 1981

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