New York Islanders vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 23, 1983 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 on Wednesday, November 23, 1983 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Islanders 51–23.
Goals came from Darryl Sittler, Mike Bossy, Paul Holmgren, John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier and Bobby Nystrom.
Roland Melanson made 49 saves on 51 shots for the win; Pelle Lindbergh stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Darryl Sittler (6)Ron Sutter (10), Brad McCrimmon (7)0–105:27 PHI
Mike Bossy (17)Tomas Jonsson (10), Bryan Trottier (23)1–119:54 NYI ·
2nd period
Paul Holmgren (3)Brad Marsh (5), Bobby Clarke (12)1–204:34 PHI
John Tonelli (6)Butch Goring (6)2–212:50 NYI
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (12)Mike Bossy (13), Bob Bourne (8)3–202:21 NYI · 
Bobby Nystrom (7)John Tonelli (11)4–219:38 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIPHI
2351
0%0%
2/30/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · holding2 min - 13:01 into the first periodMats Hallin · roughing2 min
- 13:01 into the first period
Brad Marsh · cross checking2 min - 13:01 into the first periodBrad Marsh · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodDoug Crossman · closing hand on puck2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodTim Kerr · tripping2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodStefan Persson · closing hand on puck2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodStefan Persson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 51 | 2 | .961 |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 36Len HachbornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Miroslav DvorakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pelle LindberghG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 35Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – |