1982–83 New York Islanders season

1982–83 New York Islanders
Stanley Cup champions
Wales Conference champions
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	4th Wales
1982–83 record	42–26–12
Home record	26–11–3
Road record	16–15–9
Goals for	302
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (60)
Assists	Mike Bossy (58)
Points	Mike Bossy (118)
Penalty minutes	Brent Sutter (128)
Wins	Rollie Melanson (24)
Goals against average	Rollie Melanson (2.66)

The 1982–83 New York Islanders season was the 11th season in the franchise's history. It involved winning their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.

Offseason

NHL draft

See also: 1982 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	21	Patrick Flatley	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
2	42	Vern Smith	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
3	63	Garry Lacey	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
4	84	Alan Kerr	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
5	105	Rene Breton	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
6	126	Roger Kortko	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	147	John Tiano	United States	Winthrop High School (USHS-MA)
8	168	Todd Okerlund	United States	Burnsville High School (USHS-MN)
9	189	Gord Paddock	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
10	210	Eric Faust	Canada	Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL)
11	231	Pat Goff	United States	Ramsey High School (USHS-MN)
12	252	Jim Koudys	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)

Regular season

• The 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on February 8, 1983. The Campbell Conference defeated the Wales Conference 9–3. Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, and Dave Langevin all participated in the All-Star Game as representatives of the Wales Conference.

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	0−7	3−3−1	2−5	3−1−3	0−6−1	8−22−5
N.Y. Islanders	7−0	—	4−3	1−4−2	5−2	4−2−1	21−11−3
N.Y. Rangers	3−3−1	3−4	—	3−4	5−1−1	3−3−1	17−15−3
Philadelphia	5−2	4−1−2	4−3	—	5−1−1	3−4	21−11−3
Pittsburgh	1−3−3	2−5	1−5−1	1–5–1	—	1−5−1	6−23−6
Washington	6−0−1	2−4−1	3−3−1	4–3	5–1–1	—	20−11−4

Vs. Adams Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	0−1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−9−3
N.Y. Islanders	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−0−2	1−1−1	5−6−4
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	0−2−1	2−1	1−2	1−2	4−10−1
Philadelphia	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−2	3−0	7−7−1
Pittsburgh	1−2	1−1−1	3−0	1−2	0−3	6−8−1
Washington	3−0	0−3	2−0−1	0−1−2	1−1−1	6−5−4

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	0−3	1−1−1	0−3	0−2−1	1−0−2	2−9−4
N.Y. Islanders	1−1−1	0−2−1	0−2−1	2−1	2−1	5−7−3
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	2−0−1	2−1	2−0−1	3−0	9−4−2
Philadelphia	1−1−1	3−0	1−1−1	3−0	2−0−1	10−2−3
Pittsburgh	0−3	0−2−1	0−2−1	0−3	1−2	1−12−2
Washington	2−0−1	2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	8−4−3

Vs. Smythe Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	1−2	0−3	1−2	1−0−2	1−2	4−9−2
N.Y. Islanders	2−0−1	3−0	3−0	2−1	1−1−1	11−2−2
N.Y. Rangers	2−0−1	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	5−6−4
Philadelphia	3−0	2−1	2−1	1−1−1	3−0	11−3−1
Pittsburgh	0−3	1−2	2−1	1−2	1−2	5−10−0
Washington	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−0−2	5−5−5

Schedule and results

Regular season

1982–83 regular season
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 5, 1982 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 0–1–0 2 W October 7, 1982 5–4 @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 1–1–0 3 W October 8, 1982 6–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 2–1–0 4 W October 11, 1982 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 3–1–0 5 W October 14, 1982 9–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 4–1–0 6 W October 16, 1982 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 5–1–0 7 W October 19, 1982 5–4 Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 6–1–0 8 W October 21, 1982 6–3 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 7–1–0 9 W October 23, 1982 5–2 New York Rangers (1982–83) 8–1–0 10 L October 24, 1982 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 8–2–0 11 W October 26, 1982 7–2 Calgary Flames (1982–83) 9–2–0 12 W October 28, 1982 4–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 10–2–0 13 W October 30, 1982 8–5 New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 11–2–0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 14 L November 2, 1982 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 11–3–0 15 T November 3, 1982 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 11–3–1 16 L November 6, 1982 3–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 11–4–1 17 T November 7, 1982 2–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 11–4–2 18 W November 9, 1982 4–1 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 12–4–2 19 L November 11, 1982 0–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 12–5–2 20 L November 13, 1982 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 12–6–2 21 W November 16, 1982 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 13–6–2 22 L November 18, 1982 1–3 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 13–7–2 23 W November 20, 1982 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 14–7–2 24 L November 21, 1982 3–7 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 14–8–2 25 T November 23, 1982 8–8 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 14–8–3 26 T November 25, 1982 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 14–8–4 27 L November 27, 1982 0–3 New York Rangers (1982–83) 14–9–4 28 T November 28, 1982 3–3 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 14–9–5 29 W November 30, 1982 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 15–9–5
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 30 L December 3, 1982 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 15–10–5 31 L December 4, 1982 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 15–11–5 32 W December 7, 1982 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 16–11–5 33 L December 8, 1982 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 16–12–5 34 W December 11, 1982 7–1 New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 17–12–5 35 L December 14, 1982 3–5 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 17–13–5 36 W December 17, 1982 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 18–13–5 37 T December 18, 1982 4–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 18–13–6 38 T December 21, 1982 3–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 18–13–7 39 L December 23, 1982 1–5 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 18–14–7 40 W December 26, 1982 3–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 19–14–7 41 L December 31, 1982 1–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 19–15–7
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 42 L January 1, 1983 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 19–16–7 43 W January 4, 1983 5–2 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 20–16–7 44 W January 8, 1983 6–1 Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 21–16–7 45 W January 11, 1983 4–1 Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 22–16–7 46 W January 13, 1983 5–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 23–16–7 47 W January 15, 1983 5–2 Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 24–16–7 48 W January 18, 1983 8–1 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 25–16–7 49 T January 20, 1983 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 25–16–8 50 L January 22, 1983 0–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 25–17–8 51 W January 27, 1983 6–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 26–17–8 52 W January 29, 1983 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 27–17–8 53 W January 30, 1983 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 28–17–8
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 54 T February 1, 1983 2–2 @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 28–17–9 55 W February 3, 1983 7–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 29–17–9 56 L February 5, 1983 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 29–18–9 57 W February 10, 1983 8–3 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 30–18–9 58 L February 12, 1983 2–4 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 30–19–9 59 L February 15, 1983 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 30–20–9 60 W February 17, 1983 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 31–20–9 61 W February 19, 1983 5–0 Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 32–20–9 62 T February 22, 1983 2–2 Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 32–20–10 63 T February 23, 1983 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 32–20–11 64 L February 26, 1983 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 32–21–11 65 L February 27, 1983 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 32–22–11
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 66 T March 1, 1983 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 32–22–12 67 W March 3, 1983 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 33–22–12 68 W March 5, 1983 5–1 New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 34–22–12 69 L March 8, 1983 0–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 34–23–12 70 W March 10, 1983 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 35–23–12 71 W March 12, 1983 6–2 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 36–23–12 72 L March 16, 1983 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 36–24–12 73 W March 17, 1983 9–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 37–24–12 74 W March 19, 1983 9–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 38–24–12 75 L March 22, 1983 1–3 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 38–25–12 76 W March 26, 1983 3–2 New York Rangers (1982–83) 39–25–12 77 W March 27, 1983 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 40–25–12 78 W March 30, 1983 7–1 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 41–25–12
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 79 W April 2, 1983 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 42–25–12 80 L April 3, 1983 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 42–26–12
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Notable games

• November 30 vs. St. Louis: Billy Smith wins his 200th game as an Islander when Denis Potvin scores with 2:59 left.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Bossy RW 79 60 58 118 20 27 19 0 8 Bryan Trottier C 80 34 55 89 68 37 13 0 5 John Tonelli LW 76 31 40 71 55 30 8 1 4 Denis Potvin D 69 12 54 66 60 32 4 1 1 Bob Bourne C 77 20 42 62 55 14 5 1 3 Tomas Jonsson D 72 13 35 48 50 40 1 0 3 Clark Gillies LW 70 21 20 41 76 9 4 0 2 Brent Sutter C 80 21 19 40 128 14 1 0 3 Butch Goring C 75 19 20 39 8 10 2 5 4 Duane Sutter RW 75 13 19 32 118 8 1 0 2 Bob Nystrom RW 74 10 20 30 98 6 3 0 3 Stefan Persson D 70 4 25 29 71 12 2 0 0 Dave Langevin D 73 4 17 21 64 22 0 0 0 Greg Gilbert LW 45 8 11 19 30 1 0 0 0 Ken Morrow D 79 5 11 16 44 18 0 0 1 Wayne Merrick C 59 4 12 16 27 -3 1 0 2 Mats Hallin LW 30 7 7 14 26 4 0 0 0 Anders Kallur RW 55 6 8 14 33 9 1 1 0 Mike McEwen D 42 2 11 13 16 11 1 0 0 Billy Carroll C 71 1 11 12 24 3 0 1 0 Paul Boutilier D 29 4 5 9 24 -5 3 0 1 Gord Lane D 44 3 4 7 87 1 0 0 0 Roland Melanson G 44 0 3 3 22 0 0 0 0 Kevin Devine LW 2 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 Gord Dineen D 2 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Darcy Regier D 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Roland Melanson 2460 44 24 12 5 109 2.66 1 Billy Smith 2340 41 18 14 7 112 2.87 1 Team: 4800 80 42 26 12 221 2.76 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Bob Bourne C 20 8 20 28 14 0 1 2 Mike Bossy RW 19 17 9 26 10 6 0 5 Brent Sutter C 20 10 11 21 26 3 0 0 Duane Sutter RW 20 9 12 21 43 2 0 1 Denis Potvin D 20 8 12 20 22 4 0 1 Bryan Trottier C 17 8 12 20 18 3 0 1 John Tonelli LW 20 7 11 18 20 0 0 2 Anders Kallur RW 20 3 12 15 12 1 1 0 Bob Nystrom RW 20 7 6 13 15 0 0 0 Ken Morrow D 19 5 7 12 18 0 0 0 Butch Goring C 20 4 8 12 4 0 0 1 Tomas Jonsson D 20 2 10 12 18 0 0 0 Stefan Persson D 18 1 5 6 18 1 0 0 Wayne Merrick C 19 1 3 4 10 0 0 0 Gord Lane D 18 1 2 3 32 0 0 1 Billy Carroll C 20 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 Clark Gillies LW 8 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 Dave Langevin D 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Mike McEwen D 12 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 Greg Gilbert LW 10 1 0 1 14 0 0 0 Mats Hallin LW 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 Billy Smith G 17 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 Paul Boutilier D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Roland Melanson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Billy Smith 962 17 13 3 43 2.68 2 Roland Melanson 238 5 2 2 10 2.52 0 Team: 1200 20 15 5 53 2.65 2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

New York Islanders vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 10	New York	2	Edmonton	0
May 12	New York	6	Edmonton	3
May 14	Edmonton	1	New York	5
May 16	Edmonton	2	New York	4

New York wins the series 4–0.

Awards and records

• Prince of Wales Trophy
• Conn Smythe Trophy: || Billy Smith
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Mike Bossy
• William M. Jennings Trophy: || Roland Melanson/Billy Smith
• Lester Patrick Trophy: || Bill Torrey
• Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
• Roland Melanson, Goaltender, NHL Second All-Star Team

References

• Islanders on Hockey Database