New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Monday, April 18, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Monday, April 18, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 37–22.
Goals came from George McPhee, Mark Pavelich, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Greg Gilbert.
Eddie Mio made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
George McPhee (3)Ron Duguay (2), Barry Beck (3)0–102:51 NYR
3rd period
Mark Pavelich (4)Anders Hedberg (7)0–210:40 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)Unassisted0–312:44 NYR
Greg Gilbert (1)Duane Sutter (3), Brent Sutter (5)1–318:22 NYI
Team stats
NYINYR
3722
0%0%
0/20/5
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:46 into the first period
Bobby Nystrom · charging2 min - 8:03 into the first period
Dave Maloney · interference2 min - 9:30 into the first periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · interference2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodRick Chartraw · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodDuane Sutter · charging2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · slashing2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · elbowing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |