Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31-24.
Goals came from Pat LaFontaine, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Rod Langway.
Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 29 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (8)Dave Langevin (15), Bobby Nystrom (28)0–106:56 NYI
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (32)Bryan Erickson (13), Larry Murphy (32)1–114:55 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Rod Langway (9)Bobby Gould (16), Scott Stevens (27)2–114:40 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
31Shots on goal24
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes13
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 09:48
Gary Sampson · hooking2 min - 1st 12:49
Gord Lane · interference2 min - 1st 13:57Ken Morrow · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 04:21Greg Gilbert · spearing5 min
- 2nd 04:21Mike Gartner · slashing5 min
- 2nd 12:34Rod Langway · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 14:55Gord Lane · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:05Bryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:09Dave Shand · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 01:34 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 57:59 |