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New York Islanders vs. Detroit Red Wings Box Score: December 20, 1981

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New York Islanders

5

19-9-5

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Detroit Red Wings

3

10-19-5

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December 20, 1981

Arena: Joe Louis Arena

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
16:41	DET		Mark Kirton (10)	Willie Huber, Mike Blaisdell
3rd Period
04:31	NYI		John Tonelli (13)	Wayne Merrick, Mike McEwen
07:55	DET		Danny Gare (8)	Willie Huber, Mark Osborne
08:57	NYI		Bob Bourne (15)	Brent Sutter, Duane Sutter
10:49	DET		Mark Osborne (10)	Reed Larson, Walt McKechnie
12:57	NYI		Clark Gillies (10)	Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier
16:24	NYI		Billy Carroll (3)	Hector Marini, Stefan Persson
19:20	NYI	EN	Bryan Trottier (15)	Mike Bossy

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
10:12	DET	John Barrett	Elbowing	2 min
13:59	NYI	John Tonelli	Tripping	2 min
2nd Period
00:52	NYI	Clark Gillies	Fighting	5 min
00:52	DET	Brad Smith	Fighting	5 min
03:33	DET	Derek Smith	Slashing	2 min
05:25	DET	Jim Korn	High sticking	2 min
05:25	DET	Reed Larson	High sticking	2 min
05:25	NYI	Mike McEwen	High sticking	2 min
05:25	NYI	John Tonelli	High sticking	2 min
10:11	NYI	Mike McEwen	Tripping	2 min
15:27	DET	Danny Gare	Holding	2 min

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New York Islanders

New York Islanders Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Mike Bossy	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2	Bob Bourne	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
3	Billy Carroll	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100.0
4	Clark Gillies	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
5	Tomas Jonsson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Gord Lane	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
7	Hector Marini	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike McEwen	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
9	Wayne Merrick	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ken Morrow	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Bob Nystrom	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
12	Stefan Persson	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
13	Denis Potvin	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
14	Brent Sutter	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Duane Sutter	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
16	John Tonelli	1	0	1	-2	4	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
17	Bryan Trottier	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
18	Billy Smith	0	0	0		0				0	0			60:00
	TOTAL	5	9	14		13	5	0	0		26	19.2

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Billy Smith	W	3	29	26	.897	0	0	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	John Barrett	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2	Mike Blaisdell	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Danny Gare	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
4	Willie Huber	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
5	Mark Kirton	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
6	Jim Korn	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Reed Larson	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
8	Walt McKechnie	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
9	Don Murdoch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
10	Václav Nedomanský	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
11	John Ogrodnick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mark Osborne	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
13	Brad Smith	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
14	Derek Smith	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
15	Greg Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Paul Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Bob Sauvé	0	0	0		0				0	0			59:41
	TOTAL	3	6	9		15	3	0	0		29	10.3

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Bob Sauvé	L	4	25	21	.840	0	0	59:41
2	Empty Net		1	1	0	.000	0	0

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