New York Islanders vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Wednesday, March 17, 1982 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Colorado Rockies 5–2 on Wednesday, March 17, 1982 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Islanders outshot the Rockies 32–27.
Goals came from Aaron Broten, Bobby Nystrom, Butch Goring, Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Anders Kallur and Stan Weir.
Billy Smith made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (12)Unassisted0–100:59 CLR
Bobby Nystrom (18)John Tonelli (49), Mike McEwen (34)1–119:05 NYI
2nd period
Butch Goring (14)Anders Kallur (18), Tomas Jonsson (21)2–103:44 NYI
Mike Bossy (56)Unassisted3–105:38 NYI · 
Denis Potvin (21)Stefan Persson (34), Anders Kallur (19)4–114:57 NYI
3rd period
Anders Kallur (16)Mike Bossy (79), Bryan Trottier (73)5–113:03 NYI
Stan Weir (5)Mike Kitchen (8)5–214:48 CLR
Team stats
NYICLR
3227
0%0%
1/20/5
258
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:07 into the first period
Billy Smith · tripping2 min - 2:02 into the second period
Mike Kitchen · roughing2 min - 2:02 into the second periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodRob Ramage · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodDave Langevin · roughing2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodKevin Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodBrent Sutter · fighting5 min
- 15:10 into the second periodBrent Sutter · game misconduct10 min
- 3:16 into the third periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Colorado Rockies
| 7Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Graeme NicolsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |