New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 20, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Wednesday, April 20, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 43–20.
Goals came from Bryan Trottier, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Mike Bossy, Gord Lane, Duane Sutter, Bob Bourne, Robbie Ftorek, Brent Sutter and Denis Potvin.
Billy Smith made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 36 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (5)Ken Morrow (3), Bobby Nystrom (2)0–113:18 NYI
Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)Scot Kleinendorst (2)1–118:45 NYR
2nd period
Mike Bossy (6)Denis Potvin (6), Bryan Trottier (3)1–204:01 NYI · 
Gord Lane (1)Brent Sutter (6), Bob Bourne (9)1–309:22 NYI
Duane Sutter (5)Bob Bourne (10), Brent Sutter (7)1–411:42 NYI
Bob Bourne (5)Tomas Jonsson (3)1–518:35 NYI
Robbie Ftorek (1)Mikko Leinonen (3), Tom Laidlaw (1)2–519:40 NYR
3rd period
Brent Sutter (3)Bob Bourne (11), Duane Sutter (4)2–602:32 NYI
Denis Potvin (4)Butch Goring (4), Brent Sutter (8)2–710:20 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
2043
0%0%
0/31/4
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:39 into the first period
John Tonelli · elbowing2 min - 9:26 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min - 14:20 into the first periodMike Allison · holding2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · hooking2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · slashing2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 10:53 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 10:53 into the third periodRon Duguay · roughing2 min
- 10:53 into the third periodRon Duguay · fighting5 min
- 17:38 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 43 | 7 | .837 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |