Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Thursday, April 7, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Thursday, April 7, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 39–32.
Bobby Gould scored twice. Bobby Nystrom, Dennis Maruk, Denis Potvin and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Al Jensen made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
2nd period
Bobby Gould (3)Unassisted1–013:46 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (2)John Tonelli (2), Wayne Merrick (1)1–115:50 NYI
Dennis Maruk (1)Greg Theberge (1), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)2–118:47 WSH
3rd period
- Bobby Gould (4)Gaetan Duchesne (1)3–102:51 WSH
Denis Potvin (1)Bob Bourne (1), Brent Sutter (1)3–214:29 NYI
Bobby Carpenter (1)Unassisted4–216:08 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
3932
0%0%
0/50/2
2420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:47 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 7:36 into the first periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
- 7:36 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · slashing2 min - 13:34 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 15:13 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 18:42 into the first periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 18:42 into the first periodAlan Haworth · interference2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodScott Stevens · game misconduct10 min
- 6:52 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · tripping2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodBobby Gould · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
New York Islanders
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |