Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

4–6

33–30

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Saturday, March 16, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 33–30.

John Tonelli scored twice. Mike Bossy, Larry Murphy, Craig Laughlin, Denis Potvin, Bobby Carpenter, Ken Morrow, Mike Gartner and Duane Sutter also scored.

Kelly Hrudey made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 24 of 30.

Goals
WSH	2	2	0	4	33
NYI	1	4	1	6	30

Scoring

1st period

Mike Bossy (54)Bryan Trottier (24), Tomas Jonsson (29)0–100:20 NYI
Larry Murphy (11)Dave Christian (36)1–105:35 WSH
Craig Laughlin (14)Dave Christian (37), Mike Gartner (46)2–114:36 WSH

2nd period

Denis Potvin (14)Mike Bossy (55), Tomas Jonsson (30)2–201:20 NYI
John Tonelli (37)Brent Sutter (59)2–308:03 NYI
Bobby Carpenter (48)Larry Murphy (35)3–308:29 WSH
Ken Morrow (1)Mike Bossy (56), Bryan Trottier (25)3–414:24 NYI
Mike Gartner (43)Larry Murphy (36)4–415:45 WSH ·
John Tonelli (38)Unassisted4–519:51 NYI

3rd period

Duane Sutter (13)Stefan Persson (17)4–613:57 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3330

0%0%

1/40/5

3634

Penalties

1:53 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
1:53 into the first periodPeter Andersson · fighting5 min
2:55 into the first periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
9:28 into the first periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
11:54 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
11:54 into the first periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
12:29 into the first periodPaul Boutilier · tripping2 min
0:06 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
0:06 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
0:06 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
0:06 into the second periodAlan Haworth · slashing2 min
14:39 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
18:12 into the second periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
18:12 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing double minor4 min
3:30 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
6:25 into the third periodKen Morrow · misconduct10 min
6:25 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
6:25 into the third periodDave Shand · misconduct10 min
14:41 into the third periodGord Lane · holding2 min
15:45 into the third periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Larry MurphyD	1	2	3	+1	3	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	1	1	2	0	5	2	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	1	0	1	−2	5	5	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
28Mark TaylorC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	0	0	−2	2	6	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
19Peter AnderssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	–	–
26Dave ShandD	0	0	0	−2	2	10	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG	L	30	24	6	.800	60:00
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

22Mike BossyR	1	2	3	+3	5	2	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	2	0	2	0	2	4	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	2	2	+4	2	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	1	0	1	+1	2	10	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	0	1	+3	5	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	1	0	1	+2	2	10	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
8Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
11Roger KortkoC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
32Dale HenryL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
4Paul BoutilierD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00