New York Islanders vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, January 27, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–4 on Thursday, January 27, 1983 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Islanders 37–30.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick, John Tonelli scored twice and Marcel Dionne scored twice. Dean Hopkins, Clark Gillies and Jim Fox also scored.
Roland Melanson made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Gary Laskoski stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (31)Tomas Jonsson (23), Denis Potvin (28)1–003:42 NYI- Mike Bossy (32)Bryan Trottier (30), John Tonelli (32)2–008:28 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (22)Unassisted3–005:34 NYI · 
Dean Hopkins (4)Marcel Dionne (29), Jim Brown (1)3–109:08 LAK
Marcel Dionne (28)Daryl Evans (16), Dave Taylor (8)3–213:15 LAK · - Mike Bossy (33)Bryan Trottier (31), Tomas Jonsson (24)4–218:55 NYI
3rd period
Clark Gillies (13)Brent Sutter (10), Dave Langevin (8)5–206:51 NYI
Jim Fox (20)Larry Murphy (23), Terry Ruskowski (17)5–311:37 LAK- Marcel Dionne (29)Dave Taylor (9), Charlie Simmer (26)5–416:31 LAK ·
- John Tonelli (23)Unassisted6–419:34 NYI ·
Team stats
NYILAK
3037
0%0%
1/22/5
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:43 into the first period
Dean Kennedy · roughing2 min - 4:43 into the first period
Brent Sutter · roughing2 min - 9:21 into the first periodBob Bourne · hooking2 min
- 18:22 into the first periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · elbowing2 min
- 10:07 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodBrent Sutter · elbowing2 min
- 16:05 into the third periodMats Hallin · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Jim BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Ulf IsakssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |