New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, January 14, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–4

24–21

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Saturday, January 14, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 24–21.

Goals came from Mike Allison, Butch Goring, Duane Sutter, Peter Sundstrom, Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy.

Roland Melanson made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 17 of 21.

Goals
NYR	1	1	0	2	24
NYI	1	2	1	4	21

Scoring

1st period

Mike Allison (4)Tom Laidlaw (7), Reijo Ruotsalainen (27)1–003:37 NYR
Butch Goring (14)Denis Potvin (40), Mike Bossy (41)1–109:08 NYI

2nd period

Duane Sutter (12)Unassisted1–203:02 NYI
Peter Sundstrom (14)Don Maloney (27)2–205:05 NYR ·
Denis Potvin (11)Butch Goring (15), Mike Bossy (42)2–305:40 NYI ·

3rd period

Mike Bossy (35)Butch Goring (16), Denis Potvin (41)2–412:29 NYI

Team stats

NYRNYI

2421

0%0%

0/51/2

814

Penalties

4:49 into the first periodPierre Larouche · holding2 min
12:47 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · high sticking2 min
14:51 into the first periodBilly Carroll · slashing2 min
17:02 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
17:55 into the first periodBilly Carroll · roughing2 min
17:55 into the first periodBilly Carroll · slashing2 min
17:55 into the first periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
17:55 into the first periodMark Pavelich · roughing2 min
4:03 into the second periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
17:29 into the second periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
13:01 into the third periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min

Season series

Rangers vs Islanders head-to-head →

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

12Don MaloneyL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
14Mike AllisonR	1	0	1	−2	2	0	–	–
25Peter SundstromL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
2Tom LaidlawD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
29Reijo RuotsalainenD	0	1	1	−1	4	0	–	–
3Scot KleinendorstC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
10Pierre LaroucheC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
11Dave BarrR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
15Anders HedbergR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Mark PavelichC	0	0	0	0	3	4	–	–
17Mike RogersC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Mark OsborneL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Jan ErixonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Nick FotiuL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
28Mikko LeinonenL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
5Barry BeckD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
26Dave MaloneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG	L	21	17	4	.809	59:53
31Steve WeeksG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

22Mike BossyR	1	2	3	+2	3	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	1	2	3	+2	1	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	2	3	+1	3	2	–	–
12Duane SutterR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	+2	2	2	–	–
20Mats HallinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	0	0	0	1	6	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00