Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 27, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Saturday, March 27, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Whalers 38–28.
Ron Francis scored twice and John Tonelli scored twice. Jordy Douglas, Bobby Nystrom, Denis Potvin, Dave Keon and Mike Bossy also scored.
Roland Melanson made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (22)Unassisted1–003:17 HFD
Jordy Douglas (10)Doug Sulliman (38), Mark Renaud (15)2–008:13 HFD
John Tonelli (34)Butch Goring (13), Mike McEwen (36)2–113:31 NYI
2nd period
- Ron Francis (23)Unassisted3–103:38 HFD
Bobby Nystrom (20)Butch Goring (14), Bob Bourne (25)3–216:14 NYI
3rd period
Denis Potvin (23)Unassisted3–300:13 NYI
Dave Keon (8)Mark Howe (42)4–304:37 HFD- John Tonelli (35)Denis Potvin (37), Tomas Jonsson (24)4–409:53 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (63)John Tonelli (53), Bryan Trottier (78)4–519:36 NYI
Team stats
HFDNYI
2838
0%0%
0/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:46 into the first period
Billy Carroll · hooking2 min - 7:07 into the second period
Mark Renaud · hooking2 min - 11:13 into the second periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodMark Howe · interference2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodMike Bossy · hooking2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodMike Bossy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:23 into the third periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |