Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 11, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Tuesday, October 11, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 35–34.
Goals came from Clark Gillies, Wayne Merrick, Anders Kallur, John Tonelli, Jim Fox, Charlie Simmer and Bob Bourne.
Billy Smith made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (1)Butch Goring (2), Greg Gilbert (4)0–103:26 NYI
Wayne Merrick (1)Dave Langevin (2), John Tonelli (3)0–206:09 NYI
2nd period
Anders Kallur (2)Denis Potvin (4), Bryan Trottier (5)0–312:43 NYI ·
3rd period
John Tonelli (1)Denis Potvin (5), Stefan Persson (1)0–401:03 NYI · 
Jim Fox (1)Bernie Nicholls (1)1–403:25 LAK
Charlie Simmer (1)Unassisted2–408:14 LAK
Bob Bourne (3)Unassisted2–512:19 NYI ·
Team stats
LAKNYI
3435
0%0%
0/52/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · holding2 min - 7:02 into the first period
Dave Langevin · high sticking2 min - 11:22 into the first periodGord Lane · holding2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodMike Heidt · tripping2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · tripping2 min
- 11:25 into the third periodWayne Merrick · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bob LaforestR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dean JenkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike HeidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |