New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 22, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Saturday, October 22, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 35–26.
Goals came from Mike Rogers, Stefan Persson, Mark Osborne, Dave Langevin and Peter Sundstrom.
Steve Weeks made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rogers (3)Willie Huber (3)1–009:08 NYR
2nd period
Stefan Persson (3)Denis Potvin (9), Bob Bourne (1)1–115:41 NYI · 
Mark Osborne (4)Mike Blaisdell (2), Barry Beck (3)2–119:50 NYR
3rd period
Dave Langevin (1)Bryan Trottier (8), Duane Sutter (3)2–201:06 NYI
Peter Sundstrom (4)Pierre Larouche (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (9)3–203:09 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
3526
0%0%
0/31/3
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:58 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · hooking2 min - 8:19 into the first periodBrent Sutter · fighting5 min
- 8:19 into the first period
Mark Osborne · fighting5 min - 16:12 into the first periodNick Fotiu · holding2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodBilly Smith · high sticking2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · tripping2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing double minor4 min
- 7:20 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodDuane Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodSteve Weeks · high sticking2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodBilly Smith · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darcy RegierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |