New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Friday, April 23, 1982 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Friday, April 23, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 30–25.
Butch Goring scored twice and Bob Bourne scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Barry Beck, Robbie Ftorek and Dave Langevin also scored.
Billy Smith made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Butch Goring (3)Unassisted1–011:01 NYI
Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)Ron Duguay (1), Mark Pavelich (4)1–113:13 NYR ·
2nd period
- Butch Goring (4)Duane Sutter (4)2–100:33 NYI
Barry Beck (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (4), Mark Pavelich (5)2–211:34 NYR · 
Bob Bourne (4)Dave Langevin (2), Mike Bossy (6)3–218:17 NYI
3rd period
Robbie Ftorek (7)Barry Beck (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)3–305:46 NYR
Dave Langevin (2)Wayne Merrick (3)4–313:52 NYI- Bob Bourne (5)Denis Potvin (5)5–319:28 NYI ·
Team stats
NYINYR
3025
0%0%
0/12/3
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:03 into the first period
Gord Lane · roughing2 min - 17:33 into the first period
Dave Maloney · holding2 min - 10:58 into the second periodBilly Carroll · hooking2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
New York Rangers
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |