New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 18, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 7–1 on Friday, November 18, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 45–14.
Alan Haworth scored twice. Larry Murphy, Dave Christian, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike Gartner, Mike Bossy and Gaetan Duchesne also scored.
Al Jensen made 13 saves on 14 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 38 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Murphy (5)Mike Gartner (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)0–113:20 WSH · 
Dave Christian (7)Timo Blomqvist (1), Darren Veitch (7)0–216:46 WSH
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Dave Shand (5), Alan Haworth (5)0–303:07 WSH
Mike Gartner (11)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15), Larry Murphy (7)0–411:47 WSH · 
Alan Haworth (5)Darren Veitch (8), Rod Langway (6)0–514:49 WSH
Mike Bossy (15)Tomas Jonsson (9), Bryan Trottier (21)1–519:38 NYI
3rd period
Gaetan Duchesne (4)Doug Jarvis (7), Mike Gartner (11)1–605:40 WSH- Alan Haworth (6)Timo Blomqvist (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)1–707:41 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
1445
0%0%
0/42/5
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:50 into the first period
Bob Bourne · hooking2 min - 7:17 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · charging2 min
- 7:17 into the second period
Bobby Carpenter · elbowing2 min - 10:45 into the second periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · hooking2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · holding2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodBob Bourne · fighting5 min
- 4:57 into the third periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 8:15 into the third periodDean Evason · hooking2 min
- 9:48 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 14:22 into the third periodBobby Nystrom · fighting5 min
- 14:22 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 14:22 into the third periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the third periodDave Christian · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 45 | 7 | .844 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 14 | 1 | .929 |