Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 3, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 8–3 on Tuesday, May 3, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 31–30.
Mike Krushelnyski scored twice, Denis Potvin scored twice and Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. John Tonelli, Duane Sutter, Bobby Nystrom and Rick Middleton also scored.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 23 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Krushelnyski (7)Ray Bourque (12)1–004:21 BOS · 
John Tonelli (6)Bobby Nystrom (4)1–107:23 NYI
Denis Potvin (7)John Tonelli (8)1–210:04 NYI- Mike Krushelnyski (8)Barry Pederson (16)2–216:07 BOS
2nd period
Mike Bossy (9)Anders Kallur (10), Bryan Trottier (6)2–304:05 NYI
3rd period
- Mike Bossy (10)Tomas Jonsson (8)2–402:53 NYI
Duane Sutter (7)Butch Goring (7), Gord Lane (2)2–505:25 NYI- Mike Bossy (11)Denis Potvin (8)2–606:41 NYI ·
- Denis Potvin (8)Duane Sutter (7), Bob Bourne (15)2–708:12 NYI ·
Bobby Nystrom (5)Butch Goring (8), John Tonelli (9)2–808:52 NYI
Rick Middleton (9)Brad Park (7), Mike Krushelnyski (4)3–812:41 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNYI
3031
0%0%
2/52/5
2424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Wayne Merrick · charging2 min - 11:36 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
- 14:00 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 16:47 into the first period
Mike Krushelnyski · hooking2 min - 19:26 into the first periodKeith Crowder · holding2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodTom Fergus · tripping2 min
- 7:28 into the third periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 10:58 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodBruce Crowder · roughing double minor4 min
- 17:49 into the third periodLuc Dufour · misconduct10 min
- 17:49 into the third periodDuane Sutter · charging2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodDuane Sutter · misconduct10 min
- 18:13 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 17Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 31 | 8 | .742 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |