Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Thursday, April 8, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2 on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 36–34.
Goals came from Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick, Butch Goring, Brent Sutter, Rick MacLeish, Clark Gillies, John Tonelli, Greg Gilbert and Pat Boutette.
Billy Smith made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (2)Stefan Persson (2), Bryan Trottier (2)0–107:57 NYI · 
Wayne Merrick (2)Duane Sutter (1), Gord Lane (2)0–215:25 NYI
Butch Goring (1)Greg Gilbert (1)0–317:12 NYI
Brent Sutter (2)Clark Gillies (3), Stefan Persson (3)0–417:53 NYI
2nd period
Rick MacLeish (1)George Ferguson (1), Mike Bullard (1)1–405:32 PIT
Clark Gillies (3)Duane Sutter (2)1–507:30 NYI
John Tonelli (1)Mike McEwen (2), Bryan Trottier (3)1–612:51 NYI
3rd period
Greg Gilbert (1)Stefan Persson (4), Brent Sutter (3)1–700:40 NYI
Pat Boutette (2)Paul Gardner (2), Rick Kehoe (1)2–717:04 PIT ·
Team stats
PITNYI
3634
0%0%
1/61/5
2729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:05 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · high sticking2 min - 7:27 into the first period
Andre St. Laurent · hooking2 min - 9:25 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · high sticking2 min
- 12:13 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodBob Bourne · slashing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodBob Bourne · fighting5 min
- 17:41 into the first periodRandy Boyd · slashing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodRandy Boyd · fighting5 min
- 17:35 into the second periodRandy Boyd · holding2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodGreg Hotham · hooking2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · interference2 min
- 15:34 into the third periodGord Lane · misconduct10 min
- 15:34 into the third periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the third periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Michel DionG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 30Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |