New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 6–1 on Saturday, January 23, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 32–22.
Goals came from Tomas Jonsson, Bryan Trottier, Mark Pavelich, Brent Sutter, Mike Bossy, Duane Sutter and Clark Gillies.
Billy Smith made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Jonsson (5)Bobby Nystrom (17), John Tonelli (20)0–104:21 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (23)Mike McEwen (25)0–203:56 NYI · 
Mark Pavelich (18)Ron Duguay (20), Ron Greschner (9)1–204:38 NYR · 
Brent Sutter (3)Clark Gillies (19), Duane Sutter (15)1–305:59 NYI
Mike Bossy (35)Bob Bourne (17), Bryan Trottier (46)1–406:51 NYI
Duane Sutter (10)Brent Sutter (3), John Tonelli (21)1–519:51 NYI
3rd period
Clark Gillies (20)Brent Sutter (4)1–607:16 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
2232
0%0%
1/20/4
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:58 into the first period
Clark Gillies · tripping2 min - 13:12 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · charging2 min
- 13:12 into the first period
Eddie Johnstone · holding2 min - 15:10 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodRon Duguay · tripping2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |