New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 26, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Tuesday, April 26, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 34–32.
Goals came from Brent Sutter, Tomas Jonsson, Mike Bossy, Duane Sutter, Barry Pederson, Ray Bourque and Bob Bourne.
Billy Smith made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Sutter (5)Bob Bourne (12)1–003:36 NYI
2nd period
Tomas Jonsson (1)Unassisted2–008:37 NYI
Mike Bossy (7)Tomas Jonsson (4), Denis Potvin (7)3–014:08 NYI · 
Duane Sutter (6)Bob Bourne (13), Brent Sutter (9)4–015:15 NYI
3rd period
Barry Pederson (11)Mike Gillis (2), Rick Middleton (18)4–105:51 BOS
Ray Bourque (4)Barry Pederson (14)4–206:08 BOS
Bob Bourne (6)Unassisted5–217:27 NYI
Team stats
NYIBOS
3432
0%0%
1/30/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Brad Park · slashing2 min - 4:02 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · slashing2 min - 8:01 into the first periodLuc Dufour · elbowing2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodTom Fergus · hooking2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · cross checking2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodButch Goring · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 11 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |