Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 on Saturday, January 2, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 32–26.
Denis Savard scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. John Tonelli, Stefan Persson, Reg Kerr and Bob Bourne also scored.
Billy Smith made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (18)Miles Zaharko (1)1–014:16 CHI
Mike Bossy (31)Bryan Trottier (40), Clark Gillies (16)1–115:08 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (16)Wayne Merrick (18), Tomas Jonsson (15)1–217:47 NYI
3rd period
Stefan Persson (2)Mike Bossy (34), Butch Goring (8)1–305:46 NYI · 
Reg Kerr (10)Grant Mulvey (7), Ted Bulley (8)2–306:12 CHI- Denis Savard (19)Rich Preston (16), Doug Wilson (20)3–311:41 CHI ·
Bob Bourne (17)Butch Goring (9), Anders Kallur (11)3–415:52 NYI- Mike Bossy (32)Bob Bourne (15), Mike McEwen (21)3–519:28 NYI ·
Team stats
CHINYI
2632
0%0%
1/61/6
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:46 into the first period
Grant Mulvey · tripping2 min - 4:54 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · holding2 min - 7:03 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:39 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 16:51 into the first periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 2:16 into the second periodMiles Zaharko · holding2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodDave Langevin · high sticking2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodMiles Zaharko · holding2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodAl Secord · slashing2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodBilly Smith · cross checking2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 0:52 into the third periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 4:42 into the third periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |