Colorado Rockies vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, February 20, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ColoradoRockiesNow the New Jersey DevilsAway

2–3

19–30

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Colorado Rockies 3–2 on Saturday, February 20, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rockies 30–19.

Don Lever scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Brent Sutter and John Tonelli also scored.

Billy Smith made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 27 of 30.

Goals
CLR	1	1	0	2	19
NYI	2	0	1	3	30

Scoring

1st period

Don Lever (25)Bob MacMillan (29), Veli-Pekka Ketola (4)1–011:20 CLR
Bryan Trottier (40)John Tonelli (36), Mike McEwen (29)1–116:08 NYI
Brent Sutter (16)Duane Sutter (29), Dave Langevin (11)1–216:58 NYI

2nd period

Don Lever (26)Bob MacMillan (30), Veli-Pekka Ketola (5)2–201:46 CLR

3rd period

John Tonelli (27)Bryan Trottier (57), Mike McEwen (30)2–319:13 NYI

Team stats

CLRNYI

1930

0%0%

0/00/3

259

Penalties

0:57 into the first periodMike Kitchen · slashing2 min
0:57 into the first periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
13:34 into the first periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
4:04 into the second periodGraeme Nicolson · fighting5 min
4:04 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
11:38 into the second periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
6:08 into the third periodGlenn Resch · slashing2 min
6:08 into the third periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
19:53 into the third periodRob Ramage · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
19:53 into the third periodRob Ramage · misconduct10 min

Season series

Rockies vs Islanders head-to-head →

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

9Don LeverC	2	0	2	+2	3	0	–	–
12Bob MacMillanR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	–	–
31Veli-Pekka KetolaC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	–	–
14Steve TambelliniC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
15Brent AshtonL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
16Merlin MalinowskiC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
17Paul GagneL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Bob MillerC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
20Dwight FosterR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
21Kevin MaxwellC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
24Aaron BrotenC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
3Graeme NicolsonD	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
5Rob RamageD	0	0	0	+2	1	12	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG	L	30	27	3	.900	59:36
29Richard LaferriereG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	1	1	2	+1	6	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	1	1	0	1	4	–	–
21Brent SutterC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	0	0	0	+1	5	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	2	5	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	W	19	17	2	.895	59:55