New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 4, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Oilers 37–27.
Duane Sutter scored twice. Paul Coffey, Lee Fogolin, John Tonelli and Tomas Jonsson also scored.
Roland Melanson made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (4)Bryan Trottier (28)1–000:48 NYI- Duane Sutter (5)Unassisted2–001:26 NYI
Paul Coffey (13)Wayne Gretzky (50), Grant Fuhr (6)2–116:10 EDM ·
2nd period
Lee Fogolin (3)Mark Messier (27)2–205:01 EDM
John Tonelli (9)Butch Goring (7)3–217:15 NYI
3rd period
Tomas Jonsson (5)Unassisted4–207:45 NYI
Team stats
NYIEDM
3727
0%0%
0/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:58 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · high sticking2 min - 14:51 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 1:55 into the second period
Kevin Lowe · holding2 min - 12:11 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · holding2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |