New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, April 9, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Saturday, April 9, 1983 at Capital Centre.
Bob Bourne scored twice and Bryan Trottier scored twice. Craig Laughlin, John Tonelli, Scott Stevens and Bobby Nystrom also scored.
Roland Melanson made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (1)Mike Bossy (2), Dave Langevin (1)1–009:31 NYI- Bob Bourne (2)Anders Kallur (2), Ken Morrow (2)2–014:48 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (3)Anders Kallur (3)3–012:39 NYI- Bryan Trottier (4)Anders Kallur (4), Butch Goring (2)4–018:04 NYI
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (1)Doug Jarvis (1)4–103:04 WSH
John Tonelli (2)Wayne Merrick (2)5–106:31 NYI
Scott Stevens (1)Unassisted5–217:34 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (3)John Tonelli (3), Wayne Merrick (3)6–218:05 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
2828
0%0%
0/70/11
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:52 into the first period
John Tonelli · slashing2 min - 6:00 into the first periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
- 6:36 into the first periodStefan Persson · high sticking2 min
- 7:58 into the first period
Chris Valentine · interference2 min - 8:28 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 12:33 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · interference2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 14:34 into the first periodChris Valentine · tripping2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodGord Lane · misconduct10 min
- 17:51 into the first periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 19:19 into the first periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 19:19 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodMats Hallin · holding2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 15:47 into the second periodAnders Kallur · high sticking2 min
- 0:10 into the third periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodRandy Holt · interference2 min
- 4:21 into the third periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 9:54 into the third periodRandy Holt · slashing2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodRandy Holt · slashing2 min
- 14:23 into the third periodMike Bossy · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 11 | 2 | .818 | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |