New York Islanders vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 6, 1983 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Tuesday, December 6, 1983 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Islanders 33–31.
Goals came from Rick Lanz, Duane Sutter, Brent Sutter, Stan Smyl, Bobby Nystrom, Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier.
Kelly Hrudey made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Lanz (8)Unassisted0–100:43 VAN
Duane Sutter (6)Bryan Trottier (29), Tomas Jonsson (14)1–101:32 NYI
2nd period
Brent Sutter (17)Tomas Jonsson (15), Duane Sutter (10)2–110:46 NYI · 
Stan Smyl (12)Rick Lanz (14), Moe Lemay (1)2–216:41 VAN
Bobby Nystrom (8)Bryan Trottier (30), Gord Dineen (1)3–217:41 NYI
3rd period
Mike Bossy (21)Clark Gillies (6)4–200:33 NYI
Bryan Trottier (14)Mike Bossy (17), Denis Potvin (25)5–219:17 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIVAN
3133
0%0%
1/40/8
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:13 into the first period
Stefan Persson · interference2 min - 3:30 into the first period
Stan Smyl · hooking2 min - 11:02 into the first periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodStefan Persson · interference2 min
- 15:37 into the first periodKevin McCarthy · holding2 min
- 19:36 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · slashing2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodRon Delorme · interference2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 16:55 into the third periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |