New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Thursday, April 15, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Thursday, April 15, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 39–29.
Goals came from Ron Duguay, Dave Langevin, Cam Connor, Mike Bossy, Bobby Nystrom, Rob McClanahan, Robbie Ftorek, John Tonelli and Reijo Ruotsalainen.
Steve Weeks made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (4)Mike Allison (3), Rob McClanahan (4)1–003:19 NYR
Dave Langevin (1)Mike McEwen (5)1–104:04 NYI
Cam Connor (2)Barry Beck (3), Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)2–107:13 NYR
Mike Bossy (3)Bryan Trottier (5), Bob Bourne (2)2–211:43 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (2)Butch Goring (1), John Tonelli (4)2–316:51 NYI
Rob McClanahan (2)Unassisted3–317:28 NYR
2nd period
Robbie Ftorek (4)Don Maloney (4), Dave Maloney (2)4–314:56 NYR
3rd period
John Tonelli (4)Butch Goring (2), Bobby Nystrom (2)4–415:44 NYI
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)Mike Rogers (5), Nick Fotiu (1)5–418:02 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2939
0%0%
0/30/3
6151
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:09 into the second period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 5:30 into the second period
Andre Dore · hooking2 min - 10:21 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · interference2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 1:29 into the third periodGord Lane · hooking2 min
- 9:18 into the third periodBrent Sutter · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodClark Gillies · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodDave Langevin · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodMike McEwen · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 9:18 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 9:18 into the third periodMike Allison · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodCam Connor · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodAndre Dore · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodMikko Leinonen · misconduct10 min
- 9:18 into the third periodSteve Weeks · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 10 | 3 | .700 |
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |