New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, December 17, 1982 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Friday, December 17, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 31–24.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Andre Dore, Bryan Trottier, Butch Goring and Don Maloney also scored.
Roland Melanson made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (22)Bryan Trottier (21), Stefan Persson (7)1–013:56 NYI · 
Andre Dore (2)Unassisted1–115:43 NYR
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (16)Mike Bossy (27), Denis Potvin (24)2–100:49 NYI
Butch Goring (12)Anders Kallur (5), Stefan Persson (8)3–103:11 NYI- Mike Bossy (23)Stefan Persson (9)4–105:44 NYI
- Mike Bossy (24)Tomas Jonsson (15)5–118:14 NYI
3rd period
Don Maloney (16)Mike Rogers (28), Bill Baker (9)5–205:40 NYR ·
Team stats
NYINYR
3124
0%0%
1/41/7
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Dave Langevin · roughing double minor4 min - 1:11 into the first period
Rob McClanahan · roughing2 min - 9:27 into the first periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 13:19 into the first periodAndre Dore · tripping2 min
- 16:10 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · interference2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodMark Pavelich · interference2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodRoland Melanson · interference2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodBill Baker · slashing2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodRob McClanahan · roughing2 min
- 5:30 into the third periodBryan Trottier · delaying game2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |