New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 9–5 on Thursday, March 17, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 36–30.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick and Clark Gillies scored twice. Ken Morrow, Anders Kallur, Murray Brumwell, Bob MacMillan, Bryan Trottier, Dave Cameron, Mike Antonovich, Dave Langevin and Jeff Larmer also scored.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 21 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (51)Bryan Trottier (48), Bob Bourne (38)1–002:57 NYI
Ken Morrow (4)Bobby Nystrom (19)2–007:06 NYI- Mike Bossy (52)Bryan Trottier (49), Bob Bourne (39)3–015:41 NYI
2nd period
Anders Kallur (5)Bob Bourne (40)4–004:55 NYI · 
Murray Brumwell (3)Hector Marini (27), Steve Tambellini (16)4–110:16 NJD
Bob MacMillan (16)Tapio Levo (37), Mike Antonovich (7)4–213:18 NJD · 
Clark Gillies (19)Denis Potvin (44), Brent Sutter (15)5–215:28 NYI
Bryan Trottier (31)Mike Bossy (56), Tomas Jonsson (31)6–218:23 NYI ·
3rd period
Dave Cameron (3)Aaron Broten (34), Rick Meagher (12)6–304:18 NJD- Clark Gillies (20)Brent Sutter (16), Ken Morrow (11)7–308:17 NYI
Mike Antonovich (7)Don Lever (25), Murray Brumwell (12)7–409:47 NJD
Dave Langevin (4)Mats Hallin (6)8–410:05 NYI- Mike Bossy (53)Mike McEwen (7), Bryan Trottier (50)9–412:17 NYI
Jeff Larmer (20)Rob Palmer (10), Aaron Broten (35)9–516:20 NJD ·
Team stats
NYINJD
3036
0%0%
1/32/8
2012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:32 into the first period
Murray Brumwell · holding2 min - 5:47 into the first period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 18:28 into the first periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodSteve Tambellini · tripping2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodBrent Ashton · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodBob Bourne · elbowing2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodDave Cameron · interference2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodBilly Smith · high sticking2 min
- 0:46 into the third periodAaron Broten · tripping2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 30 | 9 | .700 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |