Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, October 21, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Thursday, October 21, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 25–24.
Bryan Trottier scored a hat trick and Ken Houston scored a hat trick. Bob Bourne, Bobby Nystrom and Ken Morrow also scored.
Roland Melanson made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (2)Mike Bossy (5), Mike McEwen (2)0–100:36 NYI
Bryan Trottier (4)Bob Bourne (7), Denis Potvin (7)0–207:41 NYI · - Bryan Trottier (5)Mike Bossy (6), Bob Bourne (8)0–314:04 NYI ·
2nd period
Ken Houston (2)Dennis Maruk (4), Rod Langway (3)1–309:04 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (2)Wayne Merrick (5), Denis Potvin (8)1–418:34 NYI
3rd period
- Ken Houston (3)Darren Veitch (6), Brian Engblom (2)2–406:01 WSH ·
Ken Morrow (1)Brent Sutter (2), Bobby Nystrom (4)2–515:32 NYI- Ken Houston (4)Dennis Maruk (5)3–516:36 WSH ·
- Bryan Trottier (6)Bob Bourne (9), Roland Melanson (1)3–619:50 NYI ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
2524
0%0%
2/72/3
1220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Brent Sutter · slashing2 min - 6:17 into the first period
Brian Engblom · hooking2 min - 13:41 into the first periodRod Langway · slashing2 min
- 2:37 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodRoland Melanson · interference2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodKen Houston · slashing2 min
- 12:12 into the second periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodKen Houston · cross checking2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodWayne Merrick · high sticking2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodKen Houston · slashing2 min
- 5:43 into the third periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · interference2 min
- 15:59 into the third periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Ken HoustonR | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |