Detroit Red Wings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on Thursday, December 15, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Red Wings 34–31.
Goals came from Bobby Nystrom, Butch Goring, Blake Dunlop, John Tonelli, John Ogrodnick and Bryan Trottier.
Kelly Hrudey made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Corrado Micalef stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (9)John Tonelli (16), Stefan Persson (11)0–114:37 NYI
2nd period
Butch Goring (12)Bobby Nystrom (9), Denis Potvin (29)0–201:09 NYI
3rd period
Blake Dunlop (3)John Ogrodnick (16), Brad Park (21)1–207:01 DET · 
John Tonelli (11)Butch Goring (8), Bobby Nystrom (10)1–314:44 NYI
John Ogrodnick (19)Ron Duguay (23), Steve Yzerman (14)2–317:52 DET
Bryan Trottier (20)Mike Bossy (21), Ken Morrow (3)2–419:29 NYI ·
Team stats
DETNYI
3134
0%0%
1/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:53 into the first period
Greg Smith · interference2 min - 7:55 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 7:55 into the first period
Clark Gillies · roughing2 min - 15:05 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 15:33 into the first periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 7:31 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corrado MicalefG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |