Detroit Red Wings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 26, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Saturday, February 26, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Mike Bossy scored twice and Danny Gare scored twice. Ivan Boldirev, John Barrett, Tomas Jonsson and Jim Schoenfeld also scored.
Corrado Micalef made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (43)Tomas Jonsson (27), Greg Gilbert (10)0–113:03 NYI
2nd period
Danny Gare (20)Dwight Foster (18)1–100:48 DET
Ivan Boldirev (11)John Ogrodnick (36), Willie Huber (27)2–101:39 DET
John Barrett (4)Stan Weir (24)3–102:03 DET- Mike Bossy (44)Bryan Trottier (43), Anders Kallur (6)3–205:01 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (9)Billy Carroll (10), Wayne Merrick (11)3–309:10 NYI
3rd period
Jim Schoenfeld (1)Walt McKechnie (27), Greg Smith (21)4–312:39 DET- Danny Gare (21)Unassisted5–319:47 DET ·
Team stats
DETNYI
2828
0%0%
0/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:17 into the first period
Reed Larson · holding2 min - 15:04 into the first period
Bobby Nystrom · holding2 min - 5:11 into the second periodDanny Gare · tripping2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodJohn Barrett · hooking2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 18Danny GareR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |