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Conference Finals · Game 5

Islanders at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 NYI leads 4–2

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

NYI – BOS
22–45
Shots on goal
0/4–1/3
Power play
15–17
Penalty minutes
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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
Ray Bourque
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Peter McNab
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Barry Pederson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Bobby Nystrom Go-ahead 1st · 03:12
Assists: John Tonelli, Tomas Jonsson · beat Pete Peeters
1–0
🐻 Craig MacTavish Tying 1st · 05:07
Assists: Keith Crowder, Peter McNab · beat Billy Smith
1–1
🐻 Barry Pederson Go-ahead 1st · 06:15
Assists: Rick Middleton, Mike Krushelnyski · beat Billy Smith
1–2
2nd period
🐻 Ray Bourque PP 2nd · 09:29
Assists: Mike Krushelnyski, Barry Pederson · beat Billy Smith
1–3
🐻 Peter McNab 2nd · 12:06
Assists: Brad Park · beat Billy Smith
1–4
🐻 Bruce Crowder 2nd · 19:27
Assists: Steve Kasper, Ray Bourque · beat Billy Smith
1–5

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BOS🐻
22 Shots on goal 45
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
15 Penalty minutes 17
NYI shooting 4.5% (1/22) BOS shooting 11.1% (5/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Roland Melanson
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 20:00 TOI
Billy Smith
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Pete Peeters
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-13 (24% win rate, 17 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 16-4 (80% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 1–5
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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May 31983 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–8 Apr 301983 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–7 Apr 281983 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Apr 261983 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 5–2 Mar 221983 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–1
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NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on May 5, 1983?

Bruins won 5–1. The final score was Islanders 1, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bobby Nystrom.

Who scored for Bruins?

Barry Pederson, Bruce Crowder, Craig MacTavish, Peter McNab, Ray Bourque.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Roland Melanson made 0 saves on 0 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
BeforeMay 3 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–8 AfterMay 7 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 4–8
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMay 3 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 3–8 AfterMay 7 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 4–8
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