Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, November 19, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–6

33–24

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Saturday, November 19, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 33–24.

Bryan Trottier scored twice and Butch Goring scored twice. Mike Bossy, Gaetan Duchesne, Mike Gartner and Duane Sutter also scored.

Roland Melanson made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 18 of 24.

Goals
WSH	0	1	1	2	33
NYI	3	1	2	6	24

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Trottier (10)Stefan Persson (10), Mike Bossy (11)0–105:36 NYI
Mike Bossy (16)Bryan Trottier (22)0–206:34 NYI ·
Butch Goring (4)Dave Langevin (6)0–314:50 NYI ·

2nd period

Butch Goring (5)Billy Carroll (1)0–407:56 NYI ·
Gaetan Duchesne (5)Larry Murphy (8)1–413:11 WSH

3rd period

Mike Gartner (12)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17), Bobby Carpenter (9)2–401:19 WSH
Duane Sutter (3)Brent Sutter (4)2–503:35 NYI
Bryan Trottier (11)Clark Gillies (3), Gord Lane (3)2–617:59 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3324

0%0%

0/81/4

3038

Penalties

1:51 into the first periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
1:51 into the first periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
2:55 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · interference2 min
3:48 into the first periodDave Langevin · slashing2 min
3:48 into the first periodLarry Murphy · interference2 min
6:30 into the first periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
8:14 into the first periodDave Shand · holding2 min
11:39 into the first periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
13:16 into the first periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
15:54 into the first periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
6:30 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · slashing2 min
14:17 into the second periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
19:07 into the second periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
19:17 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
8:09 into the third periodKen Morrow · fighting5 min
8:09 into the third periodKen Morrow · misconduct10 min
8:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
8:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
8:09 into the third periodDave Shand · slashing2 min
19:17 into the third periodDave Langevin · cross checking2 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Bobby CarpenterC	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
12Glen CurrieC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Gary McAdamR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	1	20	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
26Dave ShandD	0	0	0	−5	0	4	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG	L	24	18	6	.750	59:47
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	2	1	3	0	4	2	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	1	1	0	1	4	–	–
12Duane SutterR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	1	1	+2	2	7	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	1	1	0	0	4	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	+1	4	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00