Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Saturday, January 30, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the North Stars 34–31.
Goals came from Denis Potvin, Tim Young, Mike McEwen, Neal Broten, Brent Sutter and Bryan Trottier.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (9)Unassisted0–101:33 NYI
2nd period
Tim Young (7)Steve Christoff (22), Murray Brumwell (2)1–108:04 MNS
Mike McEwen (6)Brent Sutter (7), Mike Bossy (46)1–212:50 NYI · 
Neal Broten (20)Tom McCarthy (9), Craig Hartsburg (42)2–215:05 MNS
3rd period
Brent Sutter (4)Denis Potvin (18)2–304:48 NYI
Bryan Trottier (27)John Tonelli (25), Bobby Nystrom (20)2–419:52 NYI ·
Team stats
MNSNYI
3134
0%0%
0/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:12 into the first period
Butch Goring · hooking2 min - 17:33 into the first period
Dino Ciccarelli · holding2 min - 8:53 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 11:25 into the second periodMurray Brumwell · holding2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |