Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 19, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 on Tuesday, October 19, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Islanders 30–28.
John Tonelli scored twice, Mike Bossy scored twice and Stan Smyl scored twice. Clark Gillies, Curt Fraser and Thomas Gradin also scored.
Billy Smith made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (5)Butch Goring (5)0–102:59 NYI- John Tonelli (6)Denis Potvin (4), Bobby Nystrom (3)0–206:45 NYI
Clark Gillies (2)Denis Potvin (5), Duane Sutter (1)0–315:30 NYI · 
Curt Fraser (1)Stan Smyl (2), Garth Butcher (1)1–315:54 VAN
Mike Bossy (7)Bryan Trottier (4), Bob Bourne (6)1–417:53 NYI
2nd period
Stan Smyl (4)Thomas Gradin (3), Lars Lindgren (1)2–401:31 VAN- Stan Smyl (5)Curt Fraser (2), Thomas Gradin (4)3–414:47 VAN
3rd period
Thomas Gradin (5)Stan Smyl (3), Lars Lindgren (2)4–407:07 VAN- Mike Bossy (8)Denis Potvin (6), Stefan Persson (2)4–518:46 NYI ·
Team stats
VANNYI
3028
0%0%
0/32/4
2720
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:09 into the first period
Clark Gillies · elbowing2 min - 3:49 into the first periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the first periodBilly Smith · slashing5 min
- 3:49 into the first period
Dave Williams · roughing2 min - 3:49 into the first periodDave Williams · attempt to injure10 min
- 15:18 into the first periodMoe Lemay · hooking2 min
- 2:39 into the second periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · hooking2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodGarth Butcher · slashing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 1:29 into the third periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 18:38 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · tripping2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodBryan Trottier · elbowing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ken EllacottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |