🏝️ Away Islanders 16-8-0 before this game

8–5

Final

🌌 Home North Stars 14-11-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	3	4	1	8
MNS	1	3	1	5

Islanders at North Stars

Islanders beat North Stars 8–5 on December 5, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 · 20:00 CST 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Duane Sutter

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Billy Carroll

3 A

1 shots · +3

3rd star 🌌 MNS

Bobby Smith

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · -3

🚨 Scoring

13 goals · in order

1st period

🏝️ Wayne Merrick Go-ahead 1st · 08:28

Assists: Bobby Nystrom, John Tonelli

1–0

🏝️ Duane Sutter 1st · 10:22

Assists: John Tonelli, Billy Carroll

2–0

🏝️ Butch Goring SH 1st · 12:38

Assists: Billy Carroll, Denis Potvin

3–0

🌌 Dino Ciccarelli 1st · 14:37

Assists: Bobby Smith, Ron Meighan

3–1

2nd period

🏝️ Bryan Trottier 2nd · 00:37

Assists: Anders Kallur, Mike Bossy

4–1

🏝️ Butch Goring SH 2nd · 04:06

Assists: Bryan Trottier, Dave Langevin

5–1

🌌 Bobby Smith 2nd · 06:20

Assists: Brad Palmer, Brad Maxwell

5–2

🏝️ Clark Gillies 2nd · 06:46

Assists: Bob Bourne, Duane Sutter

6–2

🏝️ Duane Sutter 2nd · 15:51

Assists: Billy Carroll, Clark Gillies

7–2

🌌 Neal Broten 2nd · 18:29

Assists: Al MacAdam, Kevin Maxwell

7–3

🌌 Dino Ciccarelli 2nd · 19:47

Assists: Gordie Roberts, Bobby Smith

7–4

3rd period

🌌 Gordie Roberts 3rd · 01:19

Assists: Al MacAdam, Steve Christoff

7–5

🏝️ Mike Bossy Empty net 3rd · 19:49

Assists: Denis Potvin

8–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MNS🌌

31 Shots on goal 38

6 Penalty minutes 2

NYI shooting 25.8% (8/31) MNS shooting 13.2% (5/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌌North Stars

Don Beaupre

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 59:21 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–1

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 7–4

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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

5–5 · North Stars won

6–6 · North Stars won

Apr 1, 1980

🏝️NYI @ 🌌MNS

1–1 · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs MNS, answered

Who won Islanders vs North Stars on December 5, 1981?

Islanders won 8–5.

What was the final score of Islanders vs North Stars?

The final score was Islanders 8, North Stars 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Butch Goring (2), Duane Sutter (2), Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick.

Who scored for North Stars?

Dino Ciccarelli (2), Bobby Smith, Gordie Roberts, Neal Broten.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Islanders vs North Stars 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 · Nov 29

🌌North Stars

Previous game · Dec 2

Also on December 5, 1981

Islanders season page North Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule