Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, February 10, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 8–3 on Thursday, February 10, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 30–18.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Mats Hallin, Clark Gillies, Ken Houston, Denis Potvin, John Tonelli, Dennis Maruk, Brent Sutter and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Roland Melanson made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 19 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Hallin (3)Clark Gillies (14)0–101:16 NYI
Clark Gillies (15)Bob Bourne (31), Dave Langevin (9)0–204:28 NYI
Ken Houston (18)Ted Bulley (8), Rod Langway (22)1–209:29 WSH
Denis Potvin (12)Unassisted1–313:31 NYI
John Tonelli (26)Mike Bossy (49), Bryan Trottier (35)1–415:29 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (35)Bryan Trottier (36), John Tonelli (33)1–502:52 NYI · 
Dennis Maruk (29)Greg Theberge (23), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26)2–510:08 WSH- Mike Bossy (36)Bryan Trottier (37), Dave Langevin (10)2–618:03 NYI
- Mike Bossy (37)Tomas Jonsson (26), Bryan Trottier (38)2–718:41 NYI
Brent Sutter (12)Duane Sutter (13), Greg Gilbert (8)2–819:33 NYI
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (21)Craig Laughlin (21), Alan Haworth (19)3–808:49 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
1830
0%0%
0/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:51 into the first period
Bench · abuse of officials2 min - 1:36 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 11:40 into the second period
Bryan Trottier · hooking2 min - 15:17 into the second periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 27 | 8 | .704 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |