New York Islanders vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Thursday, February 11, 1982 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–2 on Thursday, February 11, 1982 at Chicago Stadium. The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 36–32.
Goals came from Bobby Nystrom, Ted Bulley, Mike Bossy, Tim Higgins, Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson, Tomas Jonsson, John Tonelli, Duane Sutter and Billy Carroll.
Roland Melanson made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 28 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (14)Butch Goring (10), Bob Bourne (21)1–002:48 NYI
Ted Bulley (6)Doug Wilson (33)1–109:52 CHI
Mike Bossy (41)Bryan Trottier (54), John Tonelli (29)2–117:32 NYI ·
2nd period
Tim Higgins (17)Denis Savard (64), Ted Bulley (15)2–207:26 CHI
Denis Potvin (13)Bryan Trottier (55), Mike Bossy (50)3–216:02 NYI · 
Stefan Persson (4)Unassisted4–217:24 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (6)Mike Bossy (51)5–219:40 NYI
3rd period
John Tonelli (24)Mike Bossy (52), Denis Potvin (21)6–201:19 NYI
Duane Sutter (14)Brent Sutter (11), Denis Potvin (22)7–209:10 NYI
Billy Carroll (5)Unassisted8–213:44 NYI ·
Team stats
NYICHI
3632
0%0%
2/60/4
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:02 into the first period
Dave Feamster · holding2 min - 15:36 into the first periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 19:02 into the first period
Clark Gillies · hooking2 min - 8:15 into the second periodPeter Marsh · tripping2 min
- 13:29 into the second periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodDoug Crossman · hooking2 min
- 12:01 into the third periodButch Goring · holding2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · hooking2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 18:46 into the third periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 36 | 8 | .778 |