Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 3, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 31–25.
Goals came from Dave Reid, Mike Gillis, Greg Gilbert, Bob Bourne, Luc Dufour and Barry Pederson.
Pete Peeters made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Reid (1)Rick Middleton (22)1–002:02 BOS
Mike Gillis (2)Mike O'connell (26), Barry Pederson (34)2–004:01 BOS
Greg Gilbert (12)Bryan Trottier (44), Mike Bossy (34)2–107:48 NYI · 
Bob Bourne (10)Stefan Persson (15), Anders Kallur (11)2–212:02 NYI · 
Luc Dufour (4)Nevin Markwart (10), Ray Bourque (25)3–219:55 BOS
3rd period
Barry Pederson (18)Unassisted4–210:58 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYI
3125
0%0%
0/42/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 3:25 into the first period
Mike O'connell · holding2 min - 10:43 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodLuc Dufour · interference2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · high sticking2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodPete Peeters · interference2 min
- 11:10 into the second periodDave Reid · holding2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodNevin Markwart · tripping2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Dave ReidL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |