New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, October 30, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

5–8

31–29

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 8–5 on Saturday, October 30, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 31–29.

Don Lever scored twice, Glenn Merkosky scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Hector Marini, Bryan Trottier, Butch Goring, John Tonelli, Tomas Jonsson, Clark Gillies and Denis Potvin also scored.

Billy Smith made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Lindsay Middlebrook stopped 13 of 19.

Goals
NJD	3	1	1	5	31
NYI	2	4	2	8	29

Scoring

1st period

Hector Marini (5)Garry Howatt (1), Tapio Levo (7)1–001:00 NJD
Bryan Trottier (9)Mike Bossy (9), Bob Bourne (12)1–104:48 NYI
Butch Goring (8)Dave Langevin (4), John Tonelli (7)1–212:21 NYI
Don Lever (5)Tapio Levo (8), Aaron Broten (8)2–218:51 NJD ·
Glenn Merkosky (2)Mike Kitchen (1), Bob Lorimer (3)3–219:57 NJD

2nd period

Mike Bossy (13)Denis Potvin (13), Stefan Persson (5)3–301:47 NYI ·
John Tonelli (8)Butch Goring (8)3–408:58 NYI ·
Don Lever (6)Bob MacMillan (7)4–410:31 NJD ·
Tomas Jonsson (4)Mike Bossy (10), Bryan Trottier (8)4–512:32 NYI
Clark Gillies (3)Duane Sutter (2), Denis Potvin (14)4–616:50 NYI

3rd period

Denis Potvin (2)Bob Bourne (13)4–714:35 NYI ·
Glenn Merkosky (3)Mike Kitchen (2)5–716:07 NJD
Mike Bossy (14)Bob Bourne (14), Denis Potvin (15)5–817:45 NYI

Team stats

NJDNYI

3129

0%0%

2/51/3

1521

Penalties

2:20 into the first periodBrent Ashton · fighting5 min
2:20 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
17:57 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · delaying game2 min
17:57 into the first periodGord Lane · delaying game2 min
18:20 into the first periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
19:28 into the first periodDon Lever · holding2 min
19:36 into the first periodLindsay Middlebrook · slashing2 min
19:36 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
7:33 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
10:14 into the second periodWayne Merrick · holding2 min
19:34 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · charging2 min
11:48 into the third periodTapio Levo · holding2 min
12:38 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
15:04 into the third periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
15:04 into the third periodBilly Smith · cross checking2 min

Season series

Devils vs Islanders head-to-head →

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Don LeverC	2	0	2	−4	2	2	–	–
32Glenn MerkoskyL	2	0	2	+2	7	0	–	–
8Tapio LevoD	0	2	2	−3	1	2	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	2	2	0	0	0	–	–
11Bob MacMillanR	0	1	1	−5	3	0	–	–
20Hector MariniR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
24Aaron BrotenC	0	1	1	−5	0	0	–	–
88Garry HowattL	0	1	1	−1	0	2	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
7Randy PierceR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
12Jukka PorvariR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
14Steve TambelliniC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
15Brent AshtonL	0	0	0	−1	4	5	–	–
16Rick MeagherC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Yvon VautourR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Dave HutchisonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
5Carol VadnaisD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
22Rob PalmerD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG		10	8	2	.800	20:00
33Lindsay MiddlebrookG	L	19	13	6	.684	40:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

22Mike BossyR	2	2	4	+3	6	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	3	4	+5	6	2	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	3	3	+3	2	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	1	1	2	+4	1	2	–	–
27John TonelliL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	1	0	1	+3	1	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	+1	0	7	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	W	31	26	5	.839	60:00