New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 21, 1982 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sunday, March 21, 1982 at Capital Centre. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 28–25.
Goals came from Chris Valentine, Ryan Walter, Tomas Jonsson, Bob Bourne and Mike Bossy.
Billy Smith made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Valentine (24)Ryan Walter (45), Darren Veitch (37)0–105:23 WSH · 
Ryan Walter (36)Rick Green (21), Chris Valentine (33)0–215:02 WSH ·
2nd period
Tomas Jonsson (9)Brent Sutter (22), Clark Gillies (37)1–202:17 NYI
3rd period
Bob Bourne (22)Mike McEwen (35), Tomas Jonsson (22)2–204:54 NYI · 
Mike Bossy (58)Bryan Trottier (75)3–219:25 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
2825
0%0%
1/32/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Mike McEwen · hooking2 min - 13:28 into the first periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
- 15:30 into the first periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min - 19:55 into the first periodRandy Holt · holding2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodStefan Persson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodLee Norwood · cross checking2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |