New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 6, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Saturday, March 6, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 28–24.
Clark Gillies scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Nick Fotiu, Billy Carroll, Ron Duguay, Bob Bourne, Dave Maloney and Pat Hickey also scored.
Billy Smith made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (32)Billy Carroll (20), Anders Kallur (16)0–103:59 NYI
Nick Fotiu (6)Rob McClanahan (8)1–108:30 NYR
Billy Carroll (7)Bryan Trottier (67)1–209:56 NYI · 
Ron Duguay (35)Reijo Ruotsalainen (28), Mike Rogers (49)2–212:10 NYR ·
2nd period
- Clark Gillies (33)Mike Bossy (76)2–303:41 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (52)Bryan Trottier (68), John Tonelli (47)2–411:34 NYI · - Mike Bossy (53)John Tonelli (48), Bryan Trottier (69)2–514:23 NYI
Bob Bourne (21)Bryan Trottier (70), Mike Bossy (77)2–618:40 NYI
3rd period
Dave Maloney (12)Mikko Leinonen (12), Dave Silk (19)3–602:06 NYR · 
Pat Hickey (15)Mikko Leinonen (13), Mike Backman (1)4–609:45 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2428
0%0%
2/42/4
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:51 into the first period
Bobby Nystrom · hooking2 min - 9:28 into the first periodKen Morrow · high sticking5 min
- 12:52 into the first period
Don Maloney · cross checking2 min - 17:32 into the first periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodRon Duguay · cross checking2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodRon Duguay · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodRon Duguay · misconduct10 min
- 10:42 into the second periodMike Backman · hooking2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodStefan Persson · slashing5 min
- 18:34 into the third periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodDon Maloney · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BackmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |