1982-83 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-26-12 - 96 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 15-5
Won Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 3-1
Division Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-0
Coach: Al Arbour (42-26-12)
Location: New York, New York

1982-83 New York Islanders Roster
1982-83 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 42 wins and 26 losses and 12 ties for 96 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-5.

The Islanders topped the league with just 226 goals allowed. New York scored 302 goals. Mike Bossy netted 60 goals for the team, while John Tonelli and Bryan Trottier tallied 30 or more, too. Mike Bossy contributed 58 assists. Roland Melanson recorded 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Roland Melanson registered a 2.66 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Arbour coached the team. The 1982-83 New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Mike Bossy	R	79	60	58	118	20	27	19	0	8	3	272	22.1
Bryan Trottier	C	80	34	55	89	68	37	13	0	5	2	179	19.0
John Tonelli	L	76	31	40	71	55	30	8	1	4	1	166	18.7
Denis Potvin	D	69	12	54	66	60	32	4	1	1	1	191	6.3
Bob Bourne	C	77	20	42	62	55	14	5	1	3	0	147	13.6
Tomas Jonsson	D	72	13	35	48	50	40	1	0	3	0	100	13.0
Clark Gillies	L	70	21	20	41	76	9	4	0	2	2	145	14.5
Brent Sutter	C	80	21	19	40	128	14	1	0	3	2	149	14.1
Butch Goring	C	75	19	20	39	8	10	2	5	4	0	98	19.4
Duane Sutter	R	75	13	19	32	118	8	1	0	2	0	122	10.7
Bob Nystrom	R	74	10	20	30	98	6	3	0	3	0	100	10.0
Stefan Persson	D	70	4	25	29	71	12	2	0	0	0	80	5.0
Dave Langevin	D	73	4	17	21	64	22	0	0	0	0	107	3.7
Greg Gilbert	L	45	8	11	19	30	1	0	0	0	0	37	21.6
Ken Morrow	D	79	5	11	16	44	18	0	0	1	0	135	3.7
Wayne Merrick	C	59	4	12	16	27	-3	1	0	2	0	46	8.7
Mats Hallin	L	30	7	7	14	26	4	0	0	0	1	37	18.9
Anders Kallur	R	55	6	8	14	33	9	1	1	0	0	77	7.8
Mike McEwen	D	42	2	11	13	16	11	1	0	0	0	82	2.4
Billy Carroll	C	71	1	11	12	24	3	0	1	0	0	52	1.9
Paul Boutilier	D	29	4	5	9	24	-5	3	0	1	0	52	7.7
Gord Lane	D	44	3	4	7	87	1	0	0	0	0	44	6.8
Roland Melanson	G	44	0	3	3	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Devine	L	2	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gord Dineen	D	2	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Darcy Regier	D	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Billy Smith	G	41	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1519	302	508	810	1264	299	69	10	42	12	2427	12.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Roland Melanson	44	2460	24	12	5	3	1	109	2.66	1206	1097	.910
Billy Smith	41	2340	18	14	7	2	1	112	2.87	1195	1083	.906
Totals	85	4800	42	26	12	5	2	221	2.76	2622	2401	.916

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Bossy	R	19	17	9	26	10	6	0	5
Bryan Trottier	C	17	8	12	20	18	3	0	1
John Tonelli	L	20	7	11	18	20	0	0	2
Denis Potvin	D	20	8	12	20	22	4	0	1
Bob Bourne	C	20	8	20	28	14	0	1	2
Tomas Jonsson	D	20	2	10	12	18	0	0	0
Clark Gillies	L	8	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Brent Sutter	C	20	10	11	21	26	3	0	0
Butch Goring	C	20	4	8	12	4	0	0	1
Duane Sutter	R	20	9	12	21	43	2	0	1
Bob Nystrom	R	20	7	6	13	15	0	0	0
Stefan Persson	D	18	1	5	6	18	1	0	0
Dave Langevin	D	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Greg Gilbert	L	10	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
Ken Morrow	D	19	5	7	12	18	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick	C	19	1	3	4	10	0	0	0
Mats Hallin	L	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	1
Anders Kallur	R	20	3	12	15	12	1	1	0
Mike McEwen	D	12	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Billy Carroll	C	20	1	1	2	2	0	1	0
Paul Boutilier	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gord Lane	D	18	1	2	3	32	0	0	1
Roland Melanson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	17	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Totals		379	94	148	242	329	20	3	15

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Roland Melanson	5	238	2	2	0	10	2.52	0
Billy Smith	17	962	13	3	2	43	2.68	0
Totals	22	1200	15	5	2	53	2.65		0