New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 7–1 on Saturday, December 17, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 42–25.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Mark Pavelich, Mike Bossy, John Tonelli, Bob Bourne and Gord Dineen also scored.
Billy Smith made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 35 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Nystrom (10)Butch Goring (9), John Tonelli (17)0–103:38 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (21)Ken Morrow (4), Mike Bossy (22)0–205:28 NYI
Mark Pavelich (12)Jan Erixon (10), Barry Beck (12)1–218:05 NYR
3rd period
- Bryan Trottier (22)Mike Bossy (23), Clark Gillies (8)1–310:35 NYI
Mike Bossy (24)Bryan Trottier (33)1–412:09 NYI
John Tonelli (12)Bobby Nystrom (11)1–513:01 NYI
Bob Bourne (9)Brent Sutter (6), Billy Smith (1)1–617:17 NYI
Gord Dineen (1)Anders Kallur (9), Greg Gilbert (16)1–717:48 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
2542
0%0%
0/50/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
John Tonelli · slashing2 min - 9:49 into the first period
Reijo Ruotsalainen · tripping2 min - 11:39 into the first periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
- 19:22 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 0:59 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 3:11 into the third periodDenis Potvin · elbowing2 min
- 7:59 into the third periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 42 | 7 | .833 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 34Gord DineenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |