Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Thursday, December 23, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38–24.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Dennis Maruk, Mike Bossy, Bobby Gould and Craig Laughlin also scored.
Al Jensen made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (18)Greg Theberge (13), Mike Gartner (16)1–001:40 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (21)Milan Novy (18), Bobby Carpenter (17)2–003:01 WSH
Mike Bossy (27)Stefan Persson (11), John Tonelli (25)2–108:07 NYI
2nd period
Bobby Gould (11)Dennis Maruk (25)3–102:07 WSH
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (5)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)4–102:41 WSH- Mike Gartner (22)Milan Novy (19)5–112:52 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
3824
0%0%
1/60/2
1733
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Dave Langevin · hooking2 min - 12:59 into the first periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 16:01 into the first periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 19:56 into the first period
Dennis Maruk · interference2 min - 12:38 into the second periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodPaul MacKinnon · holding2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · kicking10 min
- 19:31 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 19:31 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |