Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1–4

31–35

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Thursday, December 17, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 35–31.

Bryan Trottier scored twice. Denis Potvin, Mike Gartner and Mike McEwen also scored.

Roland Melanson made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 31 of 35.

Goals
WSH	0	0	1	1	31
NYI	2	0	2	4	35

Scoring

1st period

Denis Potvin (7)Unassisted0–102:27 NYI
Bryan Trottier (13)Mike Bossy (25), Mike McEwen (15)0–216:47 NYI ·

3rd period

Bryan Trottier (14)Ken Morrow (9), Clark Gillies (12)0–308:13 NYI
Mike Gartner (10)Terry Murray (11)1–309:34 WSH
Mike McEwen (3)Bryan Trottier (30), Mike Bossy (26)1–413:29 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3135

0%0%

0/41/3

Penalties

6:36 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
14:52 into the first periodPaul MacKinnon · hooking2 min
3:25 into the second periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
12:06 into the second periodGreg Theberge · holding2 min
15:50 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
3:01 into the third periodChris Valentine · holding2 min
13:48 into the third periodGord Lane · holding2 min

Season series

Capitals vs Islanders head-to-head →

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	1	0	1	0	6	0	–	–
25Terry MurrayD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
8Tim TookeyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
15Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
28Chris ValentineC	0	0	0	−2	7	2	–	–
32Torrie RobertsonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
4Randy HoltD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
20Greg ThebergeD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Dave ParroG	L	35	31	4	.886	60:00
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	2	1	3	+2	5	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
29Hector MariniR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	+3	0	2	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00