Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 4, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 on Saturday, February 4, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 30–29.
Wayne Merrick scored twice, Tom Roulston scored twice and Butch Goring scored twice. Mike Bullard, Duane Sutter, John Tonelli, Mark Taylor and Pat Boutette also scored.
Billy Smith made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bullard (32)Mark Taylor (15), Tom Roulston (13)1–001:28 PIT · 
Wayne Merrick (4)John Tonelli (20), Paul Boutilier (1)1–107:13 NYI
Tom Roulston (12)Mark Taylor (16), Randy Carlyle (22)2–111:23 PIT ·
2nd period
- Wayne Merrick (5)John Tonelli (21), Denis Potvin (43)2–200:54 NYI
Duane Sutter (13)Ken Morrow (7)2–301:42 NYI- Tom Roulston (13)Ron Flockhart (10)3–302:56 PIT
John Tonelli (17)Bobby Nystrom (18), Gord Dineen (8)3–408:15 NYI
Butch Goring (17)Mats Hallin (3), Denis Potvin (44)3–511:51 NYI- Butch Goring (18)Mats Hallin (4), Denis Potvin (45)3–614:56 NYI
Mark Taylor (15)Randy Carlyle (23), Mike Bullard (26)4–619:45 PIT ·
3rd period
Pat Boutette (10)Rick Kehoe (26), Kevin McCarthy (17)5–616:37 PIT ·
Team stats
PITNYI
2930
0%0%
4/80/5
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Wayne Merrick · holding2 min - 4:52 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 4:52 into the first period
Greg Fox · roughing2 min - 7:59 into the first periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 13:38 into the first periodBob Bourne · slashing2 min
- 15:26 into the second periodKevin McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodAnders Kallur · hooking2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodKevin McCarthy · roughing2 min
- 15:32 into the third periodPaul Boutilier · holding2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Mark TaylorC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Tom RoulstonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Thomas O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean DefazioL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Garth MacGuiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |