1982–83 New York Islanders season

The 1982-83 New York Islanders season was the 11th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	21.	Patrick Flatley	 	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
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
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, Washington Capitals 1===
===New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 2===
===New York Islanders 4, Boston Bruins 2===
===New York Islanders 4, Edmonton Oilers 0===
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 	
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	79	60	58	118	20 	27 	19 	0 	8
 	C 	80	34	55	89 	68 	37 	13 	0 	5
 	LW 	76	31	40	71 	55 	30 	8 	1 	4
 	D 	69	12	54	66 	60 	32 	4 	1 	1
 	C 	77	20	42	62 	55 	14 	5 	1 	3
 	D 	72	13	35	48 	50 	40 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	70	21	20	41 	76 	9 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	80	21	19	40 	128	14 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	75	19	20	39 	8 	10 	2 	5 	4
 	RW 	75	13	19	32 	118	8 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	74	10	20	30 	98 	6 	3 	0 	3
 	D 	70	4 	25	29 	71 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	73	4 	17	21 	64 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	45	8 	11	19 	30 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	5 	11	16 	44 	18 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	59	4 	12	16 	27 	-3 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	30	7 	7 	14 	26 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	55	6 	8 	14 	33 	9 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	42	2 	11	13 	16 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	71	1 	11	12 	24 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	29	4 	5 	9 	24 	-5 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	44	3 	4 	7 	87 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	3 	3 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	41 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	20	8 	20	28 	14 	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	19	17	9 	26 	10 	6 	0 	5
 	C 	20	10	11	21 	26 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	9 	12	21 	43 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	20	8 	12	20 	22 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	17	8 	12	20 	18 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	20	7 	11	18 	20 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	20	3 	12	15 	12 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	20	7 	6 	13 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	5 	7 	12 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	4 	8 	12 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	20	2 	10	12 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1 	5 	6 	18 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	19	1 	3 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1 	2 	3 	32 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	20	1 	1 	2 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	1 	0 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
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 
==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: New York Islanders
*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
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