Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, March 8, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 9–5 on Thursday, March 8, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Maple Leafs 49–19.
Rick Vaive scored twice, Pat LaFontaine scored twice and Denis Potvin scored twice. Mike Bossy, Patrick Flatley, Russ Courtnall, Greg Terrion, Dale McCourt, Brent Sutter, Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies also scored.
Billy Smith made 14 saves on 19 shots for the win; Allan Bester stopped 40 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (46)Jim Korn (12), Gary Nylund (12)1–002:46 TOR
Mike Bossy (43)Paul Boutilier (7), Bobby Nystrom (26)1–108:39 NYI
2nd period
Patrick Flatley (2)Stefan Persson (21), Paul Boutilier (8)1–205:22 NYI · 
Pat LaFontaine (5)Greg Gilbert (26), Stefan Persson (22)1–310:05 NYI
Russ Courtnall (1)Borje Salming (35), Bill Derlago (16)2–313:42 TOR · 
Denis Potvin (18)Tomas Jonsson (31), Bryan Trottier (60)2–418:47 NYI · - Pat LaFontaine (6)John Tonelli (33)2–519:25 NYI
3rd period
Greg Terrion (13)Unassisted3–501:57 TOR- Denis Potvin (19)Clark Gillies (14), Mike Bossy (58)3–602:08 NYI
Dale McCourt (17)Greg Terrion (19), Walt Poddubny (11)4–606:46 TOR · - Rick Vaive (47)Russ Courtnall (6), Bob Mcgill (1)5–610:59 TOR
Brent Sutter (29)Stefan Persson (23), Patrick Flatley (4)5–711:47 NYI
Bryan Trottier (34)Tomas Jonsson (32), Mike Bossy (59)5–813:42 NYI · 
Clark Gillies (12)Bob Bourne (30), Duane Sutter (18)5–919:09 NYI
Team stats
TORNYI
1949
0%0%
2/73/7
2323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:02 into the first period
Paul Boutilier · holding2 min - 13:05 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the first period
Stew Gavin · roughing2 min - 13:33 into the first periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 19:41 into the first periodJim Benning · fighting5 min
- 2:37 into the second periodGary Nylund · interference2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 6:22 into the second periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 10:42 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodBob Bourne · elbowing2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · holding2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodBill Derlago · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodStefan Persson · slashing2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 11:59 into the third periodWalt Poddubny · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Greg TerrionC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bruce DowieG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Allan BesterG | L | 49 | 9 | .816 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 19 | 5 | .737 |