Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Thursday, December 22, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 32–18.
Denis Potvin scored twice. Mike Bossy, Dave Christian, John Tonelli, Butch Goring and Anders Kallur also scored.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 12 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (26)Unassisted0–104:49 NYI · 
Denis Potvin (7)Gord Dineen (3), Duane Sutter (12)0–211:14 NYI
Dave Christian (11)Unassisted1–219:01 WSH
2nd period
John Tonelli (15)Stefan Persson (13), Bob Bourne (13)1–304:24 NYI ·
3rd period
- Denis Potvin (8)Bobby Nystrom (14)1–407:07 NYI ·
Butch Goring (13)Denis Potvin (32), Billy Smith (2)1–508:36 NYI · 
Anders Kallur (4)Bob Bourne (14)1–609:25 NYI ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
3218
0%0%
0/52/5
3324
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:22 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · hooking2 min - 7:51 into the first period
Clark Gillies · hooking2 min - 12:43 into the first periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 14:34 into the first periodDave Shand · holding2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 16:58 into the first periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 3:19 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodDuane Sutter · high sticking5 min
- 17:58 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · game misconduct10 min
- 17:58 into the second periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodPeter Andersson · holding2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 18 | 6 | .667 |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |