New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 6, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–4 on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 33–29.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Bryan Trottier, Greg Gilbert, John Chabot, Guy Lafleur, Bobby Nystrom, Mark Hunter, Keith Acton and Bob Bourne also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (1)Unassisted1–007:42 NYI ·
2nd period
Greg Gilbert (1)Bryan Trottier (1), Mike Bossy (1)2–002:52 NYI
John Chabot (1)Unassisted2–110:19 MTL
Guy Lafleur (1)Keith Acton (1)2–214:08 MTL
Mike Bossy (2)Denis Potvin (1), John Tonelli (1)3–216:02 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (1)Butch Goring (1), Greg Gilbert (1)4–218:34 NYI
3rd period
- Mike Bossy (3)Bryan Trottier (2), Gord Lane (1)5–201:02 NYI
Mark Hunter (1)Greg Paslawski (1)5–302:46 MTL
Keith Acton (1)Guy Lafleur (1)5–406:00 MTL- Mike Bossy (4)Bryan Trottier (3), Anders Kallur (2)6–412:39 NYI
Bob Bourne (1)Brent Sutter (1)7–413:59 NYI
Team stats
NYIMTL
2933
0%0%
0/00/2
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:28 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · hooking2 min - 13:49 into the first period
Mark Hunter · roughing2 min - 13:49 into the first periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodGreg Paslawski · slashing2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |