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Conference Finals · Game 1

Islanders at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 NYI leads 4–2

Islanders, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Bruins 5–2 at TD Garden on April 26, 1983.

NYI – BOS
34–32
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
8–8
Penalty minutes
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The game

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Conference Finals — Best of 7

NYI vs BOS · NYI leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
5–2
Final · NYI
Game 2
1–4
Final · BOS
Game 3
3–7
Final · NYI
Game 4
3–8
Final · NYI
Game 5
1–5
Final · BOS
Game 6
4–8
Final · NYI

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Bob Bourne
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Tomas Jonsson
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +1
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Brent Sutter
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +3

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Brent Sutter Go-ahead 1st · 03:36
Assists: Bob Bourne · beat Pete Peeters
1–0
2nd period
🏝️ Tomas Jonsson 2nd · 08:37
Unassisted · beat Pete Peeters
2–0
🏝️ Mike Bossy PP 2nd · 14:08
Assists: Tomas Jonsson, Denis Potvin · beat Pete Peeters
3–0
🏝️ Duane Sutter 2nd · 15:15
Assists: Bob Bourne, Brent Sutter · beat Pete Peeters
4–0
3rd period
🐻 Barry Pederson 3rd · 05:51
Assists: Mike Gillis, Rick Middleton · beat Billy Smith
4–1
🐻 Ray Bourque 3rd · 06:08
Assists: Barry Pederson · beat Billy Smith
4–2
🏝️ Bob Bourne 3rd · 17:27
Unassisted · beat Pete Peeters
5–2

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 32
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
8 Penalty minutes 8
NYI shooting 14.7% (5/34) BOS shooting 6.2% (2/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Pete Peeters
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-2 (88% win rate, 16 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-12 (25% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 4–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Mar 221983 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–1 Nov 251982 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–1 Nov 181982 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–1 Jan 141982 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 4–5 Nov 281981 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 4–5
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NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on April 26, 1983?

Islanders won 5–2. The final score was Islanders 5, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bob Bourne, Brent Sutter, Duane Sutter, Mike Bossy, Tomas Jonsson.

Who scored for Bruins?

Barry Pederson, Ray Bourque.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 22 🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR 5–2 AfterApr 28 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–4
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 24 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–3 AfterApr 28 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–4
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