1982–83 New York Islanders season

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

^[1]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.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

1982 Pre-Season Game Log:
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Attendance	Location	Record	Recap

Regular season

No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Notable games

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	79	60	58	118	20	27	19	0	8
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	80	34	55	89	68	37	13	0	5
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	76	31	40	71	55	30	8	1	4
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	69	12	54	66	60	32	4	1	1
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	77	20	42	62	55	14	5	1	3
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	72	13	35	48	50	40	1	0	3
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	70	21	20	41	76	9	4	0	2
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	80	21	19	40	128	14	1	0	3
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	75	19	20	39	8	10	2	5	4
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	75	13	19	32	118	8	1	0	2
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	74	10	20	30	98	6	3	0	3
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	70	4	25	29	71	12	2	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	73	4	17	21	64	22	0	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	45	8	11	19	30	1	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	79	5	11	16	44	18	0	0	1
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	59	4	12	16	27	-3	1	0	2
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin	LW	30	7	7	14	26	4	0	0	0
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	55	6	8	14	33	9	1	1	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	42	2	11	13	16	11	1	0	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	71	1	11	12	24	3	0	1	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	29	4	5	9	24	-5	3	0	1
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	44	3	4	7	87	1	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	44	0	3	3	22	0	0	0	0
Devine, KevinKevin Devine	LW	2	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	2	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Regier, DarcyDarcy Regier	D	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	41	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	2460	44	24	12	5	109	2.66	1
Smith, BillyBilly 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
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	20	8	20	28	14	0	1	2
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	19	17	9	26	10	6	0	5
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	20	10	11	21	26	3	0	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	20	9	12	21	43	2	0	1
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	20	8	12	20	22	4	0	1
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	17	8	12	20	18	3	0	1
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	20	7	11	18	20	0	0	2
Kallur, AndersAnders Kallur	RW	20	3	12	15	12	1	1	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	20	7	6	13	15	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	19	5	7	12	18	0	0	0
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	20	4	8	12	4	0	0	1
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	20	2	10	12	18	0	0	0
Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	18	1	5	6	18	1	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	19	1	3	4	10	0	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	18	1	2	3	32	0	0	1
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	20	1	1	2	2	0	1	0
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	8	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	12	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	10	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
Hallin, MatsMats Hallin	LW	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	1
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	17	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	962	17	13	3	43	2.68	2
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	238	5	2	2	10	2.52	0
Team:	1200	20	15	5	53	2.65	2

^[3]

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
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.

1983 New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions

Gord Lane, Paul Boutilier, Greg Gilbert, Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson, Tomas Jonsson, Mike McEwen, Ken Morrow, Mats Hallin, Dave Langevin, Brent Sutter, Duane Sutter, Clark Gillies, Wayne Merrick, Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, John Tonelli, Anders Kallur, Butch Goring, Billy Carroll, Roland Melanson, Billy Smith, Al Arbour(coach), Bill Torrey(general manager), Ron Waske, Jim Pickard(trainers)

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

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1982 Dec 1.
↑ "1982-83 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

Preceded by New York Islanders 1982	New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions 1983	Succeeded by Edmonton Oilers 1984

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1982–83 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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