Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 6, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Wednesday, April 6, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 37–29.
Bobby Gould scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored twice. Anders Kallur, John Tonelli and Bobby Nystrom also scored.
Billy Smith made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Gould (1)Dennis Maruk (1)1–004:01 WSH · 
Bryan Trottier (1)Denis Potvin (1), Mike Bossy (1)1–109:31 NYI ·
2nd period
Anders Kallur (1)Stefan Persson (1), Denis Potvin (2)1–202:46 NYI · 
John Tonelli (1)Butch Goring (1), Ken Morrow (1)1–303:50 NYI- Bryan Trottier (2)Anders Kallur (1), Stefan Persson (2)1–416:05 NYI ·
3rd period
- Bobby Gould (2)Glen Currie (1), Randy Holt (1)2–400:19 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (1)John Tonelli (1), Denis Potvin (3)2–508:18 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
2937
0%0%
1/43/5
3422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:03 into the first period
Dave Langevin · tripping2 min - 4:34 into the first period
Glen Currie · elbowing2 min - 7:19 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · high sticking2 min
- 8:16 into the first periodKen Houston · tripping2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 13:29 into the first periodGlen Currie · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodKen Houston · roughing2 min
- 2:09 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 4:12 into the second periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
- 15:19 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodDennis Maruk · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · misconduct10 min
- 10:30 into the third periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |