New York Islanders vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, December 26, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Sunday, December 26, 1982 at Hartford Civic Center. The Islanders outshot the Whalers 35–29.
Goals came from Duane Sutter, Chris Kotsopoulos, Bryan Trottier, Tomas Jonsson and Pierre Larouche.
Roland Melanson made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
3rd period
Duane Sutter (7)Brent Sutter (7)1–001:12 NYI
Chris Kotsopoulos (2)Pierre Lacroix (12), Blaine Stoughton (12)1–108:24 HFD · 
Bryan Trottier (18)Tomas Jonsson (17)2–108:49 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (6)Greg Gilbert (4), Mike Bossy (31)3–111:56 NYI
Pierre Larouche (12)Ed Hospodar (4)3–219:04 HFD
Team stats
NYIHFD
3529
0%0%
0/31/3
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:33 into the first period
Ken Morrow · holding2 min - 9:21 into the first period
Blaine Stoughton · holding2 min - 15:04 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 8:43 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 11:07 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · tripping2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodMark Renaud · interference2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodBilly Carroll · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |