Quebec Nordiques vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 8, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–1 on Saturday, January 8, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Nordiques 49–25.
Goals came from John Tonelli, Tomas Jonsson, Mike McEwen, Greg Gilbert, Anton Stastny, Mike Bossy and Dave Langevin.
Roland Melanson made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 43 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (14)Stefan Persson (12), Bryan Trottier (24)0–101:51 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (7)Billy Carroll (8)0–206:31 NYI · 
Mike McEwen (2)Mike Bossy (32), Tomas Jonsson (19)0–310:29 NYI · 
Greg Gilbert (3)Butch Goring (11), Bobby Nystrom (15)0–414:04 NYI
2nd period
Anton Stastny (16)Randy Moller (5), Peter Stastny (33)1–418:33 QUE
3rd period
Mike Bossy (29)John Tonelli (26), Tomas Jonsson (20)1–506:49 NYI
Dave Langevin (2)Mike Bossy (33)1–607:52 NYI
Team stats
QUENYI
2549
0%0%
0/22/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:28 into the first period
Blake Wesley · holding2 min - 9:34 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · roughing2 min - 9:34 into the first periodPeter Stastny · holding2 min
- 10:11 into the first periodGaston Therrien · tripping2 min
- 0:27 into the second periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodWilf Paiement · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Gaston TherrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John GarrettG | L | 49 | 6 | .878 |
| 35Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |