New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 8, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 8–7 in overtime on Saturday, October 8, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 39–28.
Craig Laughlin scored twice, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice and Bobby Nystrom scored twice. Anders Kallur, Rod Langway, Greg Theberge, Gaetan Duchesne, Mike Bossy, Brent Sutter, Butch Goring, Stefan Persson and Bob Bourne also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 8 saves on 9 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 20 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (1)Darren Veitch (1), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)0–106:09 WSH · 
Anders Kallur (1)Denis Potvin (2), Mike Bossy (2)1–111:25 NYI ·
2nd period
Rod Langway (1)Doug Jarvis (1)1–200:50 WSH · 
Greg Theberge (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2), Bobby Carpenter (2)1–302:55 WSH · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Mike Gartner (1), Craig Laughlin (1)1–404:18 WSH · 
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Mike Gartner (2), Rod Langway (1)1–517:41 WSH
Mike Bossy (5)Unassisted2–517:49 NYI
Brent Sutter (2)Unassisted3–519:02 NYI
3rd period
- Craig Laughlin (2)Unassisted3–601:16 WSH
Butch Goring (2)Clark Gillies (1), Greg Gilbert (2)4–604:05 NYI
Stefan Persson (1)Anders Kallur (3), Bobby Nystrom (2)5–609:24 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (2)John Tonelli (2), Wayne Merrick (1)6–614:25 NYI- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Greg Theberge (1), Dave Christian (2)6–717:52 WSH ·
- Bobby Nystrom (3)Greg Gilbert (3), Mike McEwen (1)7–719:04 NYI
Overtime
Bob Bourne (2)Bryan Trottier (4), Denis Potvin (3)8–702:01 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2839
0%0%
2/94/8
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:41 into the first period
Duane Sutter · tripping2 min - 5:43 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 10:25 into the first period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min - 14:26 into the first periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 14:26 into the first periodAlan Haworth · fighting5 min
- 16:00 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · broken stick2 min
- 1:20 into the second periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 2:19 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · slashing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 19:13 into the second periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
- 12:16 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodBob Bourne · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 0:24 into overtimeBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 23Bobby NystromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 30 | 6 | .800 | |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 9 | 1 | .889 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 28 | 8 | .714 |