New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, October 28, 1982 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Thursday, October 28, 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Islanders outshot the Devils 29-28.
Goals came from Tapio Levo, Bob Bourne, John Tonelli, Bobby Nystrom, Rick Meagher and Butch Goring.
Roland Melanson made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Tapio Levo (1)Bob MacMillan (6), Don Lever (5)0–102:28 NJD · PPG
Bob Bourne (4)Unassisted1–104:14 NYI
John Tonelli (7)Bobby Nystrom (6), Tomas Jonsson (6)2–105:22 NYI
2nd period
Bobby Nystrom (4)Butch Goring (7), Dave Langevin (3)3–101:59 NYI
Rick Meagher (3)Jukka Porvari (3), Tapio Levo (6)3–219:41 NJD · PPG
3rd period
Butch Goring (7)Mike McEwen (4), John Tonelli (6)4–205:04 NYI
Team stats
NYINJD
29Shots on goal28
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes6
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:12
Roland Melanson · slashing2 min - 1st 14:08
Rob Palmer · interference2 min - 2nd 04:08Brent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:55Bob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:54Denis Potvin · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:05Tomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:58Carol Vadnais · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:36Clark Gillies · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 8Tapio LevoD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 12Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 88Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |