New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 11, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 7–1 on Saturday, December 11, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Devils 31–18.
Clark Gillies scored twice and Denis Potvin scored twice. Duane Sutter, Wayne Merrick, Brent Ashton and Brent Sutter also scored.
Roland Melanson made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (6)Ken Morrow (4), Greg Gilbert (2)0–116:50 NYI
2nd period
Wayne Merrick (3)Tomas Jonsson (14), Greg Gilbert (3)0–204:57 NYI
Brent Ashton (6)Glenn Merkosky (8), Rob Palmer (6)1–211:52 NJD
Clark Gillies (9)Brent Sutter (5), Duane Sutter (4)1–314:17 NYI
3rd period
- Clark Gillies (10)Duane Sutter (5), Brent Sutter (6)1–406:55 NYI
Brent Sutter (5)Duane Sutter (6)1–507:09 NYI
Denis Potvin (8)John Tonelli (20), Bob Bourne (23)1–609:42 NYI- Denis Potvin (9)Butch Goring (9)1–717:26 NYI
Team stats
NJDNYI
1831
0%0%
0/40/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:50 into the first period
Bob Bourne · roughing2 min - 14:12 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 5:25 into the second periodMurray Brumwell · slashing2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the third periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 88Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 31Shawn MacKenzieG | 4 | 1 | .750 |
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +6 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |