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New York Islanders, 1982-83

Be the GM of the New York Islanders Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1982-83 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
6 80 42-26-12 96 0.600 302 226 +76 26-11-3 16-15-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Washington Capitals Won 3-1
Division Finals New York Rangers Won 4-2
Eastern Conference Finals Boston Bruins Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final Edmonton Oilers Won 4-0

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Mike Bossy R 79 60 58 118 27 20 274 0
Bryan Trottier C 80 34 55 89 36 68 179 0
John Tonelli L 76 31 40 71 30 55 171 0
Denis Potvin D 69 12 54 66 33 60 190 0
Bob Bourne C 77 20 42 62 17 55 147 0
Tomas Jonsson D 73 13 35 48 40 50 99 0
Clark Gillies L 70 21 20 41 10 76 148 0
Brent Sutter C 80 21 19 40 14 128 149 0
Butch Goring C 75 19 20 39 9 8 97 0
Duane Sutter R 76 13 19 32 7 118 120 0
Bobby Nystrom R 74 10 20 30 6 98 100 0
Stefan Persson D 70 4 25 29 13 71 82 0
Dave Langevin D 73 4 17 21 23 64 107 0
Greg Gilbert L 45 8 11 19 1 30 33 0
Ken Morrow D 79 5 11 16 16 44 135 0
Wayne Merrick C 59 4 12 16 -3 27 46 0
Anders Kallur C 56 6 8 14 10 33 77 0
Mats Hallin C 30 7 7 14 4 26 37 0
Mike McEwen D 42 2 11 13 10 16 85 0
Billy Carroll C 71 1 11 12 3 24 48 0
Paul Boutilier D 29 4 5 9 -8 24 52 0
Gord Lane D 45 3 4 7 1 87 44 0
Kevin Devine L 2 0 1 1 1 8 3 0
Darcy Regier D 6 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
Gord Dineen D 2 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Roland Melanson 44 2412501 1201 1092 109 2.66 0.909
Billy Smith 41 1814701 1191 1079 112 2.87 0.906

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1983 @ PHI L 2-4 31 45
Apr 2, 1983 vs PIT W 6-3 41 20
Mar 30, 1983 @ WSH W 7-1 24 23
Mar 27, 1983 @ PIT W 4-1 32 28
Mar 26, 1983 vs NYR W 3-2 27 22
Mar 22, 1983 vs BOS L 1-3 20 23
Mar 19, 1983 vs PHI W 9-2 37 42
Mar 17, 1983 @ NJD W 9-5 30 36
Mar 16, 1983 @ NYR L 1-2 36 29
Mar 12, 1983 vs WSH W 6-2 43 26
Mar 10, 1983 @ PIT W 4-3 32 36
Mar 8, 1983 @ STL L 0-6 39 33
Mar 5, 1983 vs NJD W 5-1 36 40
Mar 3, 1983 vs TOR W 5-1 34 21
Mar 1, 1983 @ MTL T 3-3 24 36
Feb 27, 1983 @ PHI L 0-2 17 28
Feb 26, 1983 vs DET L 3-5 28 28
Feb 23, 1983 @ CHI T 4-4 35 36
Feb 22, 1983 vs WIN T 2-2 39 32
Feb 19, 1983 vs MTL W 5-0 33 30
Feb 17, 1983 vs PIT W 4-1 41 34
Feb 15, 1983 @ QUE L 1-4 38 25
Feb 12, 1983 vs HFD L 2-4 30 45
Feb 10, 1983 vs WSH W 8-3 30 18
Feb 5, 1983 vs MNS L 2-4 28 31
Feb 3, 1983 @ NJD W 7-2 35 30
Feb 1, 1983 @ CGY T 2-2 21 23
Jan 30, 1983 @ EDM W 4-2 37 36
Jan 29, 1983 @ VAN W 5-3 20 38
Jan 27, 1983 @ LAK W 6-4 30 37
Jan 22, 1983 vs PHI L 0-1 31 28
Jan 20, 1983 @ MTL T 4-4 20 32
Jan 18, 1983 vs HFD W 8-1 37 33
Jan 15, 1983 vs LAK W 5-2 35 40
Jan 13, 1983 @ NJD W 5-2 28 27
Jan 11, 1983 vs WIN W 4-1 26 28
Jan 8, 1983 vs QUE W 6-1 49 25
Jan 4, 1983 vs BUF W 5-2 35 20
Jan 1, 1983 @ PIT L 1-2 24 35
Dec 31, 1982 @ BUF L 1-5 30 27
Dec 26, 1982 @ HFD W 3-2 35 29
Dec 23, 1982 vs WSH L 1-5 24 38
Dec 21, 1982 @ QUE T 3-3 29 30
Dec 18, 1982 vs PHI T 4-4 25 31
Dec 17, 1982 @ NYR W 5-2 31 24
Dec 14, 1982 vs BUF L 3-5 30 34
Dec 11, 1982 vs NJD W 7-1 31 18
Dec 8, 1982 @ DET L 0-2 26 22
Dec 7, 1982 vs TOR W 6-3 26 32
Dec 4, 1982 @ TOR L 1-4 31 26
Dec 3, 1982 @ WIN L 2-4 17 34
Nov 30, 1982 @ STL W 3-2 39 29
Nov 28, 1982 @ WSH T 3-3 34 26
Nov 27, 1982 vs NYR L 0-3 28 21
Nov 25, 1982 @ BOS T 1-1 19 32
Nov 23, 1982 vs MNS T 8-8 29 42
Nov 21, 1982 @ NYR L 3-7 33 33
Nov 20, 1982 vs CHI W 5-4 28 24
Nov 18, 1982 vs BOS L 1-3 23 24
Nov 16, 1982 vs EDM W 4-2 36 24
Nov 13, 1982 @ WSH L 1-3 25 28
Nov 11, 1982 @ MNS L 0-2 24 34
Nov 9, 1982 vs STL W 4-1 35 20
Nov 7, 1982 @ PHI T 2-2 18 30
Nov 6, 1982 vs PHI L 3-6 28 38
Nov 3, 1982 @ DET T 3-3 26 39
Nov 2, 1982 vs PIT L 1-3 36 28
Oct 30, 1982 vs NJD W 8-5 29 31
Oct 28, 1982 @ NJD W 4-2 29 28
Oct 26, 1982 vs CGY W 7-2 35 17
Oct 24, 1982 @ CHI L 2-4 35 29
Oct 23, 1982 vs NYR W 5-2 21 28
Oct 21, 1982 vs WSH W 6-3 24 25
Oct 19, 1982 vs VAN W 5-4 28 30
Oct 16, 1982 vs LAK W 4-1 32 28
Oct 14, 1982 vs PIT W 9-0 51 30
Oct 11, 1982 @ NYR W 4-3 29 32
Oct 8, 1982 @ EDM W 6-4 31 25
Oct 7, 1982 @ CGY W 5-4 33 40
Oct 5, 1982 @ VAN L 1-2 23 38