New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Sunday, April 10, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Sunday, April 10, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 37–31.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Gaetan Duchesne, Bob Bourne, Mats Hallin, Bobby Gould, Ken Houston and John Tonelli also scored.
Roland Melanson made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (1)Bryan Trottier (1), Anders Kallur (5)1–002:10 NYI
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Glen Currie (2), Brian Engblom (1)1–103:13 WSH
Bob Bourne (3)Duane Sutter (1)2–106:41 NYI- Mike Bossy (2)Bryan Trottier (2)3–109:53 NYI
Mats Hallin (1)Mike McEwen (1)4–110:37 NYI
Bobby Gould (5)Brian Engblom (2), Glen Currie (3)4–216:58 WSH
3rd period
Ken Houston (1)Unassisted4–311:34 WSH- Mike Bossy (3)Anders Kallur (6)5–317:14 NYI
John Tonelli (3)Butch Goring (3), Mike McEwen (2)6–318:49 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
3731
0%0%
0/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:29 into the first period
Mike Gartner · tripping2 min - 8:10 into the first period
Duane Sutter · tripping2 min - 13:14 into the first periodRandy Holt · holding2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing double minor4 min
- 4:34 into the second periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodBrian Engblom · roughing2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |