Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, March 3, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 on Thursday, March 3, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Maple Leafs 34–21.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Walt Poddubny, John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier and Bob Bourne also scored.
Roland Melanson made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (23)Peter Ihnacak (29), Jim Korn (18)1–000:51 TOR
John Tonelli (29)Brent Sutter (12), Denis Potvin (38)1–111:43 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (45)Bryan Trottier (44), John Tonelli (39)1–203:14 NYI- Mike Bossy (46)Tomas Jonsson (28), Denis Potvin (39)1–310:17 NYI ·
Bryan Trottier (30)Mike Bossy (54)1–412:41 NYI
Bob Bourne (18)Unassisted1–516:44 NYI
Team stats
TORNYI
2134
0%0%
0/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:40 into the first period
John Anderson · hooking2 min - 12:02 into the first periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the first period
Butch Goring · hooking2 min - 16:08 into the first periodBill Derlago · hooking2 min
- 0:28 into the second periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 12:41 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · high sticking2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodBorje Salming · slashing2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 32Frank NigroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |