New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 4, 1982 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, February 4, 1982 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 36–31.
Denis Potvin scored twice and Mike Gartner scored twice. Duane Sutter, Brent Sutter and Clark Gillies also scored.
Billy Smith made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (10)Billy Carroll (13), Hector Marini (7)1–010:13 NYI
2nd period
Duane Sutter (13)Brent Sutter (8), Clark Gillies (23)2–009:27 NYI · 
Mike Gartner (21)Darren Veitch (24)2–110:23 WSH- Mike Gartner (22)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (19)2–211:20 WSH
3rd period
- Denis Potvin (11)John Tonelli (26), Bryan Trottier (49)3–205:32 NYI ·
Brent Sutter (8)Duane Sutter (20), Clark Gillies (24)4–207:17 NYI
Clark Gillies (22)Duane Sutter (21), Brent Sutter (9)5–213:14 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
3136
0%0%
2/60/10
2012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Dave Langevin · hooking2 min - 5:35 into the first period
Glen Currie · holding2 min - 10:19 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 13:24 into the first periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 8:38 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 9:44 into the second periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
- 9:56 into the second periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodLee Norwood · cross checking2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodDenis Potvin · elbowing2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodLee Norwood · interference2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodDave Langevin · slashing2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 10:37 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 17:45 into the third periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |