Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, April 2, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

3–6

20–41

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Saturday, April 2, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 41–20.

Goals came from Bryan Trottier, Tomas Jonsson, Randy Carlyle, Peter Lee, Rick Kehoe, Butch Goring, Mike Bossy, Billy Carroll and Greg Gilbert.

Roland Melanson made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 35 of 40.

Goals
PIT	0	3	0	3	20
NYI	2	0	4	6	41

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Trottier (34)Mike Bossy (58), Denis Potvin (53)0–103:36 NYI ·
Tomas Jonsson (13)John Tonelli (40), Denis Potvin (54)0–214:33 NYI

2nd period

Randy Carlyle (15)Greg Hotham (30)1–203:20 PIT
Peter Lee (13)Paul Gardner (25)2–206:24 PIT
Rick Kehoe (29)Pat Boutette (29), Paul Gardner (26)3–210:29 PIT ·

3rd period

Butch Goring (18)Tomas Jonsson (35)3–307:31 NYI ·
Mike Bossy (60)Bryan Trottier (55), Anders Kallur (8)3–411:14 NYI ·
Billy Carroll (1)Butch Goring (20)3–514:52 NYI ·
Greg Gilbert (8)Brent Sutter (19), Duane Sutter (19)3–619:56 NYI ·

Team stats

PITNYI

2041

0%0%

1/72/7

3426

Penalties

0:39 into the first periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
3:26 into the first periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
4:39 into the first periodGreg Hotham · holding2 min
9:18 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
9:56 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
15:05 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
15:57 into the first periodGreg Hotham · hooking2 min
19:26 into the first periodGreg Malone · holding2 min
10:20 into the second periodStefan Persson · high sticking2 min
11:24 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
11:24 into the second periodTony Feltrin · fighting5 min
11:53 into the second periodDave Langevin · fighting5 min
11:53 into the second periodGary Rissling · fighting5 min
11:53 into the second periodGary Rissling · attempt to injure10 min
16:59 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
2:09 into the third periodGreg Malone · holding2 min
5:37 into the third periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
9:33 into the third periodPaul Baxter · tripping2 min
12:10 into the third periodMats Hallin · cross checking2 min
12:10 into the third periodMats Hallin · hooking2 min

Season series

Penguins vs Islanders head-to-head →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

20Paul GardnerC	0	2	2	0	0	0	–	–
10Peter LeeR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
15Pat BoutetteL	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
17Rick KehoeR	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
6Greg HothamD	0	1	1	+2	1	4	–	–
25Randy CarlyleD	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	–
11Anders HakanssonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
12Greg MaloneC	0	0	0	−3	1	4	–	–
14Doug SheddenC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
23Gary RisslingL	0	0	0	−1	0	15	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
4Paul BaxterD	0	0	0	−4	2	2	–	–
5Ron MeighanD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
8Randy BoydD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Marc ChorneyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
33Tony FeltrinD	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Denis HerronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Michel DionG	L	40	35	5	.875	58:49

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	1	1	2	+1	2	4	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	2	2	0	2	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	1	1	+1	4	5	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	1	1	−1	6	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	1	1	+1	4	2	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Mats HallinC	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00