NHL game summary from April 20, 1983
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (40-38-10) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 New York Islanders (48-29-12) |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Ken Morrow 1 (Anders Kallur, Bob Nystrom), 13:18 |
| NYR, | Reijo Ruotsalainen 4 (Scot Kleinendorst), 18:45 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Mike Bossy 6 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier), 4:01 - PP |
| NYI, | Gord Lane 1 (Brent Sutter, Bob Bourne), 9:30 | |
| NYI, | Duane Sutter 5 (Bob Bourne, Brent Sutter), 11:42 | |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 5 (Tomas Jonsson), 18:35 | |
| NYR, | Robbie Ftorek 1 (Mikko Leinonen, Tom Laidlaw), 19:40 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Brent Sutter 3 (Duane Sutter, Bob Bourne), 2:32 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 4 (Butch Goring, Brent Sutter), 10:20 |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Tonelli, NYI 2:39 |
| Tom Laidlaw, NYR 9:26 | |
| Mike Allison, NYR 14:20 | |
| 2: | Reijo Ruotsalainen, NYR 2:07 |
| 3: | Gord Lane, NYI 4:41 |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR 4:41 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI 5:57 | |
| Duane Sutter, NYI [major] 10:53 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [minor, major] 10:53 | |
| Brent Sutter, NYI 17:38 |
Penalty time: NYR: 15 minutes
NYI: 13 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | 3 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Barry Beck | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Bill Baker | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rob McClanahan | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 11 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Backman | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Leinonen | 28 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | 29 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| George McPhee | 37 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mark Pavelich | 40 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Mio | 41 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 20 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McEwen | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Jonsson | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Greg Gilbert | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Sutter | 21 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 43 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 43 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 5- 4-11-20
NYI: 21-14- 8-43
Goalies: NYR: Eddie Mio (L, 5-2-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 4-1-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 15,317
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