Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 28–25.
Goals came from Garry Howatt, Clark Gillies, Hector Marini, Dennis Maruk and Butch Goring.
Roland Melanson made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Howatt (3)Bobby Nystrom (29), Wayne Merrick (14)0–103:44 NYI
Clark Gillies (33)Mike McEwen (38)0–207:18 NYI
3rd period
Hector Marini (3)Clark Gillies (44), Butch Goring (37)0–302:07 NYI · 
Dennis Maruk (47)Darren Veitch (19), Rick Green (22)1–314:39 WSH · 
Butch Goring (23)Hector Marini (5), Ken Morrow (10)1–419:34 NYI ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
2528
0%0%
1/51/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:18 into the first period
Denis Potvin · hooking2 min - 18:38 into the first period
Rick Green · hooking2 min - 7:37 into the second periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the third periodRick Smith · hooking2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodGarry Howatt · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |