New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 7–3 on Friday, December 23, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 41–22.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored a hat trick. Doug Jarvis, Craig Laughlin, Brent Sutter, Greg Gilbert, Mike Bossy, Mike Gartner and Bobby Gould also scored.
Al Jensen made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 34 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)Dave Christian (24), Craig Laughlin (11)0–116:14 WSH
2nd period
Doug Jarvis (7)Gary McAdam (3), Mike Gartner (17)0–205:58 WSH
Craig Laughlin (8)Dave Christian (25), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)0–313:54 WSH- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)Bobby Gould (4), Larry Murphy (17)0–416:39 WSH
Brent Sutter (20)Mike Bossy (27), Gord Dineen (4)1–419:12 NYI ·
3rd period
Greg Gilbert (7)Bryan Trottier (36)2–401:03 NYI
Mike Bossy (27)Bryan Trottier (37), Greg Gilbert (17)3–405:15 NYI- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Dave Christian (26)3–507:33 WSH
Mike Gartner (18)Timo Blomqvist (5), Gary McAdam (4)3–610:44 WSH
Bobby Gould (9)Gaetan Duchesne (9), Glen Currie (11)3–718:35 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
2241
0%0%
1/30/4
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:47 into the first period
Bob Bourne · hooking2 min - 4:42 into the first period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · slashing2 min - 8:03 into the first periodMats Hallin · holding2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · slashing2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodMats Hallin · high sticking2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodAl Jensen · high sticking2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodMats Hallin · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodMats Hallin · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 41 | 7 | .829 |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |