NHL game summary from April 15, 1983
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (38-37-10) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 New York Islanders (47-27-12) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | John Tonelli 4 (Bob Nystrom), :54 |
| NYI, | Duane Sutter 2 (Tomas Jonsson), 8:10 - PP | |
| NYI, | Duane Sutter 3 (Bob Bourne), 15:33 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Brent Sutter 2 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin), 8:02 - PP |
| NYI, | Duane Sutter 4 (Bob Bourne, Brent Sutter), 15:26 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Butch Goring, NYI 4:04 |
| Tom Laidlaw, NYR 6:23 | |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen, NYR 9:37 | |
| Ken Morrow, NYI 18:08 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR 18:08 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI 19:36 | |
| 2: | Duane Sutter, NYI 3:16 |
| Glen Hanlon, NYR 3:16 | |
| Barry Beck, NYR 4:12 | |
| Rick Chartraw, NYR 6:24 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR 12:01 | |
| Mats Hallin, NYI 12:01 | |
| Mats Hallin, NYI 18:16 | |
| 3: | Stefan Persson, NYI 1:01 |
| Ron Greschner, NYR 1:46 | |
| Rick Chartraw, NYR 3:40 | |
| Wayne Merrick, NYI 3:40 | |
| John Tonelli, NYI 10:57 | |
| Billy Smith, NYI 11:30 |
Penalty time: NYR: 18 minutes
NYI: 20 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Barry Beck | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Rob McClanahan | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 11 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Backman | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mikko Leinonen | 28 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| George McPhee | 37 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Pavelich | 40 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 23 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McEwen | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Tomas Jonsson | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Gilbert | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Hallin | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Sutter | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 47 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 47 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 5- 6-12-23
NYI: 16-19-12-47
Goalies: NYR: Glen Hanlon (L, 0-1-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 3-1-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Kevin Collins
Attendance: 15,317
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