Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Saturday, April 30, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 7–3 on Saturday, April 30, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 36–26.
Ray Bourque scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Craig MacTavish, Brent Sutter, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Ken Morrow, Denis Potvin and Butch Goring also scored.
Billy Smith made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (4)Butch Goring (6), John Tonelli (6)0–103:00 NYI
Craig MacTavish (1)Ray Bourque (11), Peter McNab (3)1–104:28 BOS
Brent Sutter (6)Duane Sutter (6), Bob Bourne (14)1–208:39 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (6)Mike Bossy (5), Clark Gillies (1)1–313:21 NYI
2nd period
Ray Bourque (5)Keith Crowder (5), Barry Pederson (15)2–306:53 BOS · 
Mike Bossy (8)Bryan Trottier (5), Tomas Jonsson (5)2–416:27 NYI ·
3rd period
- Ray Bourque (6)Unassisted3–401:24 BOS
Ken Morrow (2)Anders Kallur (9), Mike Bossy (6)3–505:06 NYI
Denis Potvin (6)Tomas Jonsson (6), Mike Bossy (7)3–617:56 NYI · 
Butch Goring (3)John Tonelli (7), Tomas Jonsson (7)3–719:04 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
3626
0%0%
1/43/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:53 into the first period
Peter McNab · hooking2 min - 10:18 into the first period
John Tonelli · hooking2 min - 6:05 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · interference2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodBruce Crowder · tripping2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 3:26 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 8:14 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 16:16 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodPete Peeters · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |