New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5–1 on Saturday, March 5, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 40–36.
Goals came from Bobby Nystrom, Brent Sutter, Bob MacMillan, Tomas Jonsson, Mike Bossy and John Tonelli.
Billy Smith made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (9)Anders Kallur (7), Bryan Trottier (45)0–112:32 NYI
Brent Sutter (16)Bob Bourne (35), Duane Sutter (14)0–213:22 NYI
Bob MacMillan (14)Tapio Levo (34), Don Lever (23)1–214:09 NJD
2nd period
Tomas Jonsson (11)Mike Bossy (55), Stefan Persson (20)1–319:51 NYI
3rd period
Mike Bossy (47)Dave Langevin (11)1–401:28 NYI
John Tonelli (30)Denis Potvin (40), Stefan Persson (21)1–508:15 NYI ·
Team stats
NJDNYI
4036
0%0%
0/11/3
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
Billy Carroll · hooking2 min - 16:50 into the first period
Murray Brumwell · holding2 min - 10:38 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · interference2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodDave Cameron · hooking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMike Moher · high sticking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMike Moher · fighting5 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMats Hallin · high sticking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMats Hallin · fighting5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry FloydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike MoherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 40 | 1 | .975 |