Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, February 2, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 7–6 on Tuesday, February 2, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 34–29.
Bryan Trottier scored twice, Ryan Walter scored twice, Brent Sutter scored a hat trick and Chris Valentine scored twice. Mike Gartner, Stefan Persson, Mike Bossy and Gaetan Duchesne also scored.
Billy Smith made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 16 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (28)Stefan Persson (19)0–101:00 NYI
Ryan Walter (26)Dennis Maruk (48), Mike Gartner (29)1–101:40 WSH · 
Brent Sutter (5)Duane Sutter (17), Dave Langevin (9)1–212:23 NYI- Brent Sutter (6)Gord Lane (8), Duane Sutter (18)1–316:00 NYI
Mike Gartner (20)Rick Green (12), Bobby Carpenter (25)2–317:29 WSH
Chris Valentine (12)Ryan Walter (30), Dennis Maruk (49)3–319:30 WSH ·
2nd period
Stefan Persson (3)Bryan Trottier (48)3–402:34 NYI- Ryan Walter (27)Dennis Maruk (50), Chris Valentine (18)4–403:56 WSH ·
- Brent Sutter (7)Clark Gillies (22), Duane Sutter (19)4–505:08 NYI
Mike Bossy (36)Stefan Persson (20)4–606:02 NYI · 
Gaetan Duchesne (8)Bobby Gould (5), Glen Currie (4)5–606:57 WSH- Bryan Trottier (29)Mike Bossy (47), Stefan Persson (21)5–714:58 NYI
- Chris Valentine (13)Ryan Walter (31), Lee Norwood (1)6–718:41 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
2934
0%0%
4/61/2
816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 5:45 into the first periodBrent Sutter · interference2 min
- 19:11 into the first periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 3:11 into the second periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
- 5:28 into the second period
Randy Holt · interference2 min - 17:12 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodStefan Persson · interference2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · high sticking2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 17 | 6 | .647 | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 17 | 1 | .941 |
New York Islanders
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 11 | 4 | .636 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |