Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Saturday, March 12, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 43–26.
Mike Bossy scored twice and Clark Gillies scored twice. Ken Houston, Bobby Gould, Dave Langevin and Duane Sutter also scored.
Billy Smith made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 37 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (49)Bob Bourne (36), Bryan Trottier (46)0–106:50 NYI · 
Ken Houston (23)Alan Haworth (24), Bobby Carpenter (33)1–108:29 WSH
Clark Gillies (17)Tomas Jonsson (30)1–214:15 NYI
Bobby Gould (21)Glen Currie (26), Scott Stevens (13)2–217:51 WSH
2nd period
- Mike Bossy (50)Bryan Trottier (47)2–310:38 NYI
Dave Langevin (3)Brent Sutter (13), Clark Gillies (17)2–411:45 NYI
Duane Sutter (12)Denis Potvin (43)2–514:46 NYI
3rd period
- Clark Gillies (18)Brent Sutter (14)2–614:40 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
2643
0%0%
0/81/3
1225
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:38 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · hooking2 min - 9:43 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · boarding2 min - 14:40 into the first periodKen Morrow · cross checking2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodDennis Maruk · hooking2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
- 7:20 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodButch Goring · slashing2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodStefan Persson · slashing2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodBilly Smith · slashing5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 43 | 6 | .861 |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |