New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Saturday, March 31, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31–21.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Brent Sutter and Timo Blomqvist also scored.
Billy Smith made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 18 of 20.
Scoring
3rd period
Brent Sutter (33)John Tonelli (39), Patrick Flatley (7)1–001:33 NYI
Mike Bossy (50)Paul Boutilier (11)2–006:58 NYI
Timo Blomqvist (1)Mike Gartner (44)2–111:33 WSH- Mike Bossy (51)Denis Potvin (63)3–118:52 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2131
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:13 into the first period
Larry Murphy · tripping2 min - 11:46 into the first period
Dave Langevin · hooking2 min - 7:31 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodDave Shand · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |