New York Islanders vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, December 28, 1983 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Islanders 37–32.
Bryan Trottier scored twice and Greg Gilbert scored twice. Doug Smith, John Paul Kelly, Mike Bossy, Charlie Simmer, Marcel Dionne, Terry Ruskowski and Stefan Persson also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win; Gary Laskoski stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (25)Denis Potvin (33)1–002:38 NYI · - Bryan Trottier (26)Greg Gilbert (18), Mike Bossy (28)2–004:52 NYI
2nd period
Greg Gilbert (8)Mike Bossy (29), Bryan Trottier (38)3–003:09 NYI · 
Doug Smith (6)Dean Kennedy (1), John Paul Kelly (7)3–106:42 LAK
John Paul Kelly (5)Steve Christoff (6), Doug Smith (7)3–217:30 LAK
Mike Bossy (28)Stefan Persson (14), Bryan Trottier (39)4–219:16 NYI
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (23)Mike McEwen (14), Marcel Dionne (35)4–302:25 LAK · - Greg Gilbert (9)Mike Bossy (30)5–304:30 NYI
Marcel Dionne (19)Brian Engblom (17), Dave Taylor (23)5–406:25 LAK
Terry Ruskowski (2)Wes Jarvis (8), Anders Hakansson (8)5–507:19 LAK
Overtime
Stefan Persson (7)John Tonelli (18), Butch Goring (11)6–504:54 NYI
Team stats
NYILAK
3237
0%0%
1/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:24 into the first period
Butch Goring · tripping2 min - 11:01 into the first periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 2:36 into the second period
Mark Hardy · cross checking2 min - 5:42 into the second periodDuane Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodSteve Christoff · high sticking2 min
- 1:54 into the third periodGord Dineen · interference2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 0 | 0 | – |