Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 7, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Tuesday, December 7, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Maple Leafs outshot the Islanders 32–26.
Goals came from John Tonelli, Brent Sutter, Denis Potvin, Wayne Merrick, Stew Gavin, Greg Gilbert, Walt Poddubny, Butch Goring and Miroslav Frycer.
Roland Melanson made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (12)Mike Bossy (24), Denis Potvin (23)0–102:08 NYI · 
Brent Sutter (4)Bobby Nystrom (12), Clark Gillies (6)0–207:11 NYI
Denis Potvin (7)Mike Bossy (25), Bryan Trottier (20)0–309:04 NYI
2nd period
Wayne Merrick (2)John Tonelli (18)0–415:15 NYI
Stew Gavin (2)Jim Korn (7), Frank Nigro (1)1–419:15 TOR
3rd period
Greg Gilbert (2)Mike Bossy (26)1–500:45 NYI
Walt Poddubny (8)Fred Boimistruck (3), Peter Ihnacak (15)2–501:43 TOR
Butch Goring (11)Bobby Nystrom (13), John Tonelli (19)2–602:34 NYI
Miroslav Frycer (7)Peter Ihnacak (16), Vitezslav Duris (7)3–610:08 TOR
Team stats
TORNYI
3226
0%0%
0/51/2
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Jim Korn · holding2 min - 11:02 into the first period
Denis Potvin · interference2 min - 12:14 into the first periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
- 2:10 into the second periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodFred Boimistruck · holding2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodRoland Melanson · interference2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodRick Vaive · high sticking2 min
- 18:55 into the third periodClark Gillies · elbowing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Frank NigroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Norm AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |