NHL game summary from December 26, 1982
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (19-14-7) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Hartford Whalers (10-21-4) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYI, | Duane Sutter 7 (Brent Sutter), 1:12 |
| HAR, | Chris Kotsopoulos 2 (Pierre Lacroix, Blaine Stoughton), 8:24 - PP | |
| NYI, | Bryan Trottier 18 (Tomas Jonsson), 8:49 | |
| NYI, | Tomas Jonsson 6 (Mike Bossy, Greg Gilbert), 11:56 | |
| HAR, | Pierre Larouche 12 (Ed Hospodar), 19:04 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ken Morrow, NYI [Holding] 6:33 |
| Blaine Stoughton, HAR [Holding] 9:21 | |
| Doug Sulliman, HAR [Hooking] 15:04 | |
| 2: | Greg Adams, HAR [Fighting] 8:43 |
| Duane Sutter, NYI [Fighting] 8:43 | |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Tripping] 11:07 | |
| Mark Renaud, HAR [Interference] 18:51 | |
| 3: | Billy Carroll, NYI [Holding] 6:59 |
Penalty time: NYI: 11 minutes
HAR: 11 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Melanson | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tomas Jonsson | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Gilbert | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Brent Sutter | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (13 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (13 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 35 | ||||||
| HAR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Volcan | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Pierre Lacroix | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risto Siltanen | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ron Francis | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Lawless | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mark Johnson | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michel Galarneau | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Neufeld | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Adams | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Merlin Malinowski | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blaine Stoughton | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Sulliman | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Renaud | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Greg Millen | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McDougal | 32 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 12- 6-17-35
HAR: 10- 5-14-29
Goalies: NYI: Rollie Melanson (W, 10-7-3)
HAR: Greg Millen (L, 5-15-3)
Referee: Bob Hall
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Kevin Collins
Attendance: 14,270
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