New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 23, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Saturday, October 23, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 28–21.
Goals came from Bryan Trottier, Anders Hedberg, Bobby Nystrom, Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy and Mike Allison.
Billy Smith made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (7)Bob Bourne (10), Mike Bossy (7)0–107:20 NYI · 
Anders Hedberg (3)Bill Baker (3), Mike Rogers (7)1–113:24 NYR
Bobby Nystrom (3)John Tonelli (5), Mike McEwen (3)1–217:04 NYI
2nd period
Bob Bourne (3)Bryan Trottier (5), Ken Morrow (2)1–317:29 NYI
3rd period
Denis Potvin (1)Butch Goring (6), Stefan Persson (3)1–412:16 NYI · 
Mike Bossy (9)Bob Bourne (11), Bryan Trottier (6)1–512:45 NYI
Mike Allison (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (9), Ron Duguay (3)2–519:46 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2821
0%0%
0/42/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:08 into the first period
Mike Bossy · tripping2 min - 6:46 into the first period
Mike Rogers · tripping2 min - 9:17 into the first periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
- 13:41 into the third periodAndre Dore · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |