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Conference Finals · Game 2

Islanders at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 NYI leads 4–2

Bruins, Conference Finals Game 2, beat Islanders 4–1 at TD Garden on April 28, 1983.

NYI – BOS
33–31
Shots on goal
1/6–1/5
Power play
17–19
Penalty minutes
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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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 🐻 BOS
Rick Middleton
3 A
3 shots · +3
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Barry Pederson
2 G
5 shots · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Gord Kluzak
2 A
+1

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Mike Krushelnyski PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:05
Assists: Peter McNab, Gord Kluzak · beat Billy Smith
0–1
🐻 Brad Palmer SH 1st · 16:33
Assists: Rick Middleton · beat Billy Smith
0–2
2nd period
🏝️ Denis Potvin PP 2nd · 03:57
Assists: Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy · beat Pete Peeters
1–2
🐻 Barry Pederson SH 2nd · 16:51
Assists: Rick Middleton, Gord Kluzak · beat Billy Smith
1–3
3rd period
🐻 Barry Pederson 3rd · 10:15
Assists: Rick Middleton, Mike Gillis · beat Billy Smith
1–4

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BOS🐻
33 Shots on goal 31
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Penalty minutes 19
NYI shooting 3.0% (1/33) BOS shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Pete Peeters
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 10-2 (83% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 11-1 (92% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 261983 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 5–2 Mar 221983 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–1 Nov 251982 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–1 Nov 181982 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–1 Jan 141982 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 4–5
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NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on April 28, 1983?

Bruins won 4–1. The final score was Islanders 1, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Denis Potvin.

Who scored for Bruins?

Barry Pederson (2), Brad Palmer, Mike Krushelnyski.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 1 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 26 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 5–2 AfterApr 30 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–7
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 26 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 5–2 AfterApr 30 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–7
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