Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Thursday, April 12, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Thursday, April 12, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 27–18.
Goals came from Patrick Flatley, Mike Bossy, Alan Haworth, Dave Christian and Craig Laughlin.
Al Jensen made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (2)Dave Langevin (3), Brent Sutter (4)0–104:34 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (2)Stefan Persson (2), Clark Gillies (2)0–207:46 NYI · 
Alan Haworth (2)Rod Langway (3), Craig Laughlin (1)1–209:21 WSH ·
3rd period
Dave Christian (3)Mike Gartner (3), Rod Langway (4)2–206:13 WSH · 
Craig Laughlin (4)Scott Stevens (6), Darren Veitch (1)3–218:52 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
2718
0%0%
2/61/3
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:22 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 19:08 into the first period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 19:28 into the first periodKen Morrow · slashing2 min
- 0:39 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
New York Islanders
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |