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1982-1983 New York Islanders: 42-26-12
Previous Season Home record: 26-11-3 (180 goals scored, 106 allowed) Road record: 16-15-9 (122 goals scored, 120 allowed) Head Coach: Al Arbour Power Play: 69/267 (25.8%) Penalty Killing: 276/331 (83.4%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-3 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 223-168 302 goals scored (15th of 21 teams), 226 goals allowed (1st), 1266 PIM (13th) NHL Averages: 3.86 goals/game (309.2 goals/team), 1337.8 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 25 79 60 58 118 20 19 0 141 48 66 0 272 22.1 +27 C 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 26 80 34 55 89 68 13 0 139 46 75 19 179 19.0 +37 LW 27 John Tonelli 6'1 200 25 76 31 40 71 55 8 1 110 27 58 5 166 18.7 +30 D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 29 69 12 54 66 60 4 1 140 55 81 28 191 6.3 +32 C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 28 77 20 42 62 55 5 1 85 22 72 23 147 13.6 +14 D 3 Tomas Jonsson 5'10 185 22 72 13 35 48 50 1 0 118 27 60 9 100 13.0 +40 LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 28 70 21 20 41 76 4 0 70 22 39 0 145 14.5 +9 C 21 Brent Sutter 6'0 188 20 80 21 19 40 128 1 0 58 6 39 1 149 14.1 +14 C 91 Butch Goring 5'9 170 33 75 19 20 39 8 2 5 53 5 62 24 98 19.4 +10 RW 12 Duane Sutter 6'1 185 22 75 13 19 32 118 1 0 47 5 35 1 122 10.7 +8 RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 30 74 10 20 30 98 3 0 45 4 35 0 100 10.0 +6 D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 28 70 4 25 29 71 2 0 95 34 59 10 80 5.0 +12 D 26 Dave Langevin 6'2 200 28 73 4 17 21 64 0 0 74 0 69 17 107 3.7 +22 LW 17 Greg Gilbert 6'1 191 20 45 8 11 19 30 0 0 24 1 22 0 37 21.6 +1 D 6 Ken Morrow 6'4 210 26 79 5 11 16 44 0 0 79 1 92 32 135 3.7 +18 C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 30 59 4 12 16 27 1 0 20 3 20 0 46 8.7 -3 LW 20 Mats Hallin 6'2 200 24 30 7 7 14 26 0 0 25 6 15 0 37 18.9 +4 RW 28 Anders Kallur 5'11 185 30 55 6 8 14 33 1 1 35 9 32 15 77 7.8 +9 D 16 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 26 42 2 11 13 16 1 0 51 13 34 7 82 2.4 +11 C 25 Billy Carroll 5'10 190 23 71 1 11 12 24 0 1 25 1 39 18 52 1.9 +3 D 4 Paul Boutilier 6'0 200 19 29 4 5 9 24 3 0 25 5 25 0 52 7.7 -5 D 24 Gord Lane 6'1 190 29 44 3 4 7 87 0 0 25 0 31 7 44 6.8 +1 G 1 Rollie Melanson 5'10 185 22 44 0 3 3 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- LW 33 Kevin Devine 5'8 165 28 2 0 1 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.0 +1 D 34 Gord Dineen 6'0 195 20 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0.0 -2 D 8 Darcy Regier 5'11 190 26 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0.0 0 G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 32 41 0 0 0 41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 1 Rollie Melanson 22 44 2459 108 2.64 24 12 5 1198 .910 3 1 G 31 Billy Smith 32 41 2340 113 2.90 18 14 7 1193 .905 2 1
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
1982 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   21  RW   Patrick Flatley          780          University of Wisconsin (NCAA)     
  2   37  LW   Richard Kromm            372          Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)          [pick acquired from BUF]
  2   42  D    Vern Smith                 1          Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)           
  3   63  LW   Garry Lacey                           Toronto Marlboros (OHL)            
  4   84  LW   Alan Kerr                391          Seattle Breakers (WHL)             
  5  105  C    Rene Breton                           Granby Bisons (QMJHL)              
  6  126  C    Roger Kortko              79          Saskatoon Blades (WHL)             
  7  147  C    John Tiano                            Winthrop H.S. (Mass.)              
  8  168  RW   Todd Okerlund              4          Burnsville H.S. (Minn.)            
  9  189  C    Gord Paddock                          Saskatoon (SJHL)                   
 10  210  D    Eric Faust                            Henry Carr H.S. (Toronto)          
 11  231  D    Pat Goff                              Alexander Ramsey H.S. (Minn.)      
 12  252  D    Jim Koudys                            Sudbury Wolves (OHL)               

Traded draft picks:


Transactions
09-09-1982signed Dave Hanson as a free agent
10-01-1982traded Hector Marini and Islanders' #4 pick in the 1983 draft to Devils for New Jersey's #3 pick in the 1983 draft


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/06/1983   vs Washington Capitals       W   5-2 
04/07/1983   vs Washington Capitals       L   2-4 
04/09/1983   at Washington Capitals       W   6-2 
04/10/1983   at Washington Capitals       W   6-3 
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Round 2
04/14/1983   vs New York Rangers          W   4-1 
04/15/1983   vs New York Rangers          W   5-0 
04/17/1983   at New York Rangers          L   6-7 
04/18/1983   at New York Rangers          L   1-3 
04/20/1983   vs New York Rangers          W   7-2 
04/22/1983   at New York Rangers          W   5-2 
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Semifinals
04/26/1983   at Boston Bruins             W   5-2 
04/28/1983   at Boston Bruins             L   1-4 
04/30/1983   vs Boston Bruins             W   7-3 
05/03/1983   vs Boston Bruins             W   8-3 
05/05/1983   at Boston Bruins             L   1-5 
05/07/1983   vs Boston Bruins             W   8-4 
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Stanley Cup Finals
05/10/1983   at Edmonton Oilers           W   2-0 
05/12/1983   at Edmonton Oilers           W   6-3 
05/14/1983   vs Edmonton Oilers           W   5-1 
05/17/1983   vs Edmonton Oilers           W   4-2 

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 28 20 8 20 28 14 0 1 RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 25 19 17 9 26 10 6 0 RW 12 Duane Sutter 6'1 185 22 20 9 12 21 43 2 0 C 21 Brent Sutter 6'0 188 20 20 10 11 21 26 3 0 C 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 26 17 8 12 20 18 3 0 D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 29 20 8 12 20 22 4 0 LW 27 John Tonelli 6'1 200 25 20 7 11 18 20 0 0 RW 28 Anders Kallur 5'11 185 30 20 3 12 15 12 1 1 RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 30 20 7 6 13 15 0 0 D 6 Ken Morrow 6'4 210 26 19 5 7 12 18 0 0 C 91 Butch Goring 5'9 170 33 20 4 8 12 4 0 0 D 3 Tomas Jonsson 5'10 185 22 20 2 10 12 18 0 0 D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 28 18 1 5 6 18 1 0 C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 30 19 1 3 4 10 0 0 D 24 Gord Lane 6'1 190 29 18 1 2 3 32 0 0 LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 28 8 0 2 2 10 0 0 D 26 Dave Langevin 6'2 200 28 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 D 16 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 26 12 0 2 2 4 0 0 C 25 Billy Carroll 5'10 190 23 20 1 1 2 2 0 1 LW 20 Mats Hallin 6'2 200 24 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 LW 17 Greg Gilbert 6'1 191 20 10 1 0 1 14 0 0 G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 32 17 0 1 1 9 0 0 D 4 Paul Boutilier 6'0 200 19 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 1 Rollie Melanson 5'10 185 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 33 Kevin Devine 5'8 165 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 34 Gord Dineen 6'0 195 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 8 Darcy Regier 5'11 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 31 Billy Smith 32 17 962 43 2.68 13 3 490 .912 0 2 G 1 Rollie Melanson 22 5 238 10 2.52 2 2 115 .913 0 0

Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/05/1982 at Vancouver Canucks L 1-2 0-1-0 10/07/1982 at Calgary Flames W 5-4 1-1-0 10/08/1982 at Edmonton Oilers W 6-4 2-1-0 10/11/1982 at New York Rangers W 4-3 3-1-0 10/14/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 9-0 4-1-0 10/16/1982 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-1 5-1-0 10/19/1982 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-4 6-1-0 10/21/1982 vs Washington Capitals W 6-3 7-1-0 10/23/1982 vs New York Rangers W 5-2 8-1-0 10/24/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 8-2-0 10/26/1982 vs Calgary Flames W 7-2 9-2-0 10/28/1982 at New Jersey Devils W 4-2 10-2-0 10/30/1982 vs New Jersey Devils W 8-5 11-2-0 11/02/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-3 11-3-0 11/03/1982 at Detroit Red Wings T 3-3 11-3-1 11/06/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 3-6 11-4-1 11/07/1982 at Philadelphia Flyers T 2-2 11-4-2 11/09/1982 vs St. Louis Blues W 4-1 12-4-2 11/11/1982 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-2 12-5-2 11/13/1982 at Washington Capitals L 1-3 12-6-2 11/16/1982 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-2 13-6-2 11/18/1982 vs Boston Bruins L 1-3 13-7-2 11/20/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 5-4 14-7-2 11/21/1982 at New York Rangers L 3-7 14-8-2 11/23/1982 vs Minnesota North Stars T 8-8 14-8-3 11/25/1982 at Boston Bruins T 1-1 14-8-4 11/27/1982 vs New York Rangers L 0-3 14-9-4 11/28/1982 at Washington Capitals T 3-3 14-9-5 11/30/1982 at St. Louis Blues W 3-2 15-9-5 12/03/1982 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 15-10-5 12/04/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-4 15-11-5 12/07/1982 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-3 16-11-5 12/08/1982 at Detroit Red Wings L 0-2 16-12-5 12/11/1982 vs New Jersey Devils W 7-1 17-12-5 12/14/1982 vs Buffalo Sabres L 3-5 17-13-5 12/17/1982 at New York Rangers W 5-2 18-13-5 12/18/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 18-13-6 12/21/1982 at Quebec Nordiques T 3-3 18-13-7 12/23/1982 vs Washington Capitals L 1-5 18-14-7 12/26/1982 at Hartford Whalers W 3-2 19-14-7
Date Opponent Result Record 12/31/1982 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-5 19-15-7 01/01/1983 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-2 19-16-7 01/04/1983 vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-2 20-16-7 01/08/1983 vs Quebec Nordiques W 6-1 21-16-7 01/11/1983 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-1 22-16-7 01/13/1983 at New Jersey Devils W 5-2 23-16-7 01/15/1983 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-2 24-16-7 01/18/1983 vs Hartford Whalers W 8-1 25-16-7 01/20/1983 at Montreal Canadiens T 4-4 25-16-8 01/22/1983 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-1 25-17-8 01/27/1983 at Los Angeles Kings W 6-4 26-17-8 01/29/1983 at Vancouver Canucks W 5-3 27-17-8 01/30/1983 at Edmonton Oilers W 4-2 28-17-8 02/01/1983 at Calgary Flames T 2-2 28-17-9 02/03/1983 at New Jersey Devils W 7-2 29-17-9 02/05/1983 vs Minnesota North Stars L 2-4 29-18-9 02/10/1983 vs Washington Capitals W 8-3 30-18-9 02/12/1983 vs Hartford Whalers L 2-4 30-19-9 02/15/1983 at Quebec Nordiques L 1-4 30-20-9 02/17/1983 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-1 31-20-9 02/19/1983 vs Montreal Canadiens W 5-0 32-20-9 02/22/1983 vs Winnipeg Jets T 2-2 32-20-10 02/23/1983 at Chicago Black Hawks T 4-4 32-20-11 02/26/1983 vs Detroit Red Wings L 3-5 32-21-11 02/27/1983 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-2 32-22-11 03/01/1983 at Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 32-22-12 03/03/1983 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-1 33-22-12 03/05/1983 vs New Jersey Devils W 5-1 34-22-12 03/08/1983 at St. Louis Blues L 0-6 34-23-12 03/10/1983 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 35-23-12 03/12/1983 vs Washington Capitals W 6-2 36-23-12 03/16/1983 at New York Rangers L 1-2 36-24-12 03/17/1983 at New Jersey Devils W 9-5 37-24-12 03/19/1983 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 9-2 38-24-12 03/22/1983 vs Boston Bruins L 1-3 38-25-12 03/26/1983 vs New York Rangers W 3-2 39-25-12 03/27/1983 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-1 40-25-12 03/30/1983 at Washington Capitals W 7-1 41-25-12 04/02/1983 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-3 42-25-12 04/03/1983 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 42-26-12

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