New York Islanders vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–3 on Saturday, December 31, 1983 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 46–28.
Denis Potvin scored twice and Greg Gilbert scored twice. Willi Plett, Dennis Maruk, Duane Sutter, John Tonelli, Dino Ciccarelli and Bryan Trottier also scored.
Roland Melanson made 43 saves on 46 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 15 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (9)Greg Gilbert (20), Bryan Trottier (42)1–009:17 NYI · 
Greg Gilbert (10)Mike Bossy (31), Tomas Jonsson (22)2–012:36 NYI · 
Willi Plett (5)Neal Broten (25)2–118:32 MNS
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (9)Gordie Roberts (23), Dino Ciccarelli (17)2–201:14 MNS · 
Duane Sutter (9)Brent Sutter (7), Bob Bourne (15)3–202:29 NYI- Greg Gilbert (11)Bryan Trottier (43), Mike Bossy (32)4–212:57 NYI
- Denis Potvin (10)Brent Sutter (8)5–215:18 NYI
John Tonelli (16)Bobby Nystrom (15), Bob Bourne (16)6–216:53 NYI ·
3rd period
Dino Ciccarelli (21)Brent Ashton (6), Lars Lindgren (7)6–302:30 MNS
Bryan Trottier (27)Mike Bossy (33), Dave Langevin (10)7–317:29 NYI
Team stats
NYIMNS
2846
0%0%
3/41/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:22 into the first period
Mats Hallin · holding2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · tripping2 min - 10:47 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodMats Hallin · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · holding2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodKeith Acton · tripping2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodMike Bossy · high sticking2 min
- 4:50 into the third periodGord Dineen · holding2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 17Greg GilbertL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 46 | 3 | .935 |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 7 | 1 | .857 |