NHL game summary from April 23, 1982
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (61-20-10) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
 New York Rangers (44-32-14) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Butch Goring 3, 11:01 |
| NYR, | Reijo Ruotsalainen 4 (Ron Duguay, Mark Pavelich), 13:13 - PP | |
| 2: | NYI, | Butch Goring 4 (Duane Sutter), :33 |
| NYR, | Barry Beck 1 (Reijo Ruotsalainen, Mark Pavelich), 11:34 - PP | |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 4 (Dave Langevin, Mike Bossy), 18:17 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Robbie Ftorek 7 (Barry Beck, Reijo Ruotsalainen), 5:46 |
| NYI, | Dave Langevin 2 (Wayne Merrick), 13:52 | |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 5, 19:28 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gord Lane, NYI [Roughing] 12:03 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 17:33 | |
| 2: | Billy Carroll, NYI [Hooking] 10:58 |
| 3: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 8:44 |
Penalty time: NYI: 6 minutes
NYR: 2 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McEwen | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tomas Jonsson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brent Sutter | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 30 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Rob McClanahan | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dave Silk | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Burns | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 29 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Steve Weeks | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Dore | 33 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 37 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 38 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Pavelich | 40 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Mio | 41 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 11- 9-10-30
NYR: 8- 6-11-25
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 7-3-0)
NYR: Eddie Mio (L, 4-3-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, John D'Amico
Attendance: 17,390
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