New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 23, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–5 in overtime on Sunday, October 23, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 34–29.
Denis Potvin scored twice. Mark Pavelich, Brent Sutter, Anders Hedberg, Mike Rogers, Pierre Larouche, Jan Erixon, Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne and Peter Sundstrom also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (2)Bob Bourne (2), Tomas Jonsson (1)1–001:12 NYI
Mark Pavelich (4)Mark Osborne (2), Dave Maloney (5)1–104:22 NYR · 
Brent Sutter (5)Duane Sutter (4), Denis Potvin (10)2–108:32 NYI
2nd period
Anders Hedberg (3)Mark Pavelich (5), Jan Erixon (2)2–202:26 NYR
Mike Rogers (4)Mike Blaisdell (3), Dave Maloney (6)2–309:18 NYR
Pierre Larouche (7)Unassisted2–414:30 NYR
3rd period
Jan Erixon (2)Willie Huber (4)2–507:15 NYR- Denis Potvin (3)Greg Gilbert (6), Tomas Jonsson (2)3–515:15 NYI ·
Bryan Trottier (2)Bobby Nystrom (3), Bob Bourne (3)4–515:25 NYI
Bob Bourne (4)Bryan Trottier (9), Stefan Persson (4)5–515:42 NYI
Overtime
Peter Sundstrom (5)Don Maloney (8), Pierre Larouche (6)5–601:13 NYR
Team stats
NYINYR
2934
0%0%
1/41/4
1323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first period
Denis Potvin · cross checking2 min - 5:55 into the first periodMats Hallin · hooking2 min
- 9:30 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 9:30 into the first period
Willie Huber · fighting5 min - 9:54 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodNick Fotiu · misconduct10 min
- 17:23 into the first periodMike Blaisdell · slashing2 min
- 9:59 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 16:50 into the second periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 13:27 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Darcy RegierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |