# 1982–83 New York Islanders season

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

| 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
—0−73−3−12−53−1−30−6−18−22−5
N.Y. Islanders
7−0—4−31−4−25−24−2−121−11−3
N.Y. Rangers
3−3−13−4—3−45−1−13−3−117−15−3
Philadelphia
5−24−1−24−3—5−1−13−421−11−3
Pittsburgh
1−3−32−51−5−11–5–1—1−5−16−23−6
Washington
6−0−12−4−13−3−14–35–1–1—20−11−4
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
New Jersey
0−1−20−2−11−21−21−23−9−3
N.Y. Islanders
0−2−11−22−11−0−21−1−15−6−4
N.Y. Rangers
0−30−2−12−11−21−24−10−1
Philadelphia
0−2−11−22−11−23−07−7−1
Pittsburgh
1−21−1−13−01−20−36−8−1
Washington
3−00−32−0−10−1−21−1−16−5−4
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
New Jersey
0−31−1−10−30−2−11−0−22−9−4
N.Y. Islanders
1−1−10−2−10−2−12−12−15−7−3
N.Y. Rangers
0−32−0−12−12−0−13−09−4−2
Philadelphia
1−1−13−01−1−13−02−0−110−2−3
Pittsburgh
0−30−2−10−2−10−31−21−12−2
Washington
2−0−12−11−1−11−1−12−18−4−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
New Jersey
1−20−31−21−0−21−24−9−2
N.Y. Islanders
2−0−13−03−02−11−1−111−2−2
N.Y. Rangers
2−0−10−31−1−11−1−11−1−15−6−4
Philadelphia
3−02−12−11−1−13−011−3−1
Pittsburgh
0−31−22−11−21−25−10−0
Washington
2−10−2−11−1−11−1−11−0−25−5−5 :

## Schedule and results
### 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.

## 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 |
| 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