New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 30, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, March 30, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 22–17.
Craig Laughlin scored twice. John Tonelli, Alan Haworth, Roger Kortko, Mike Gartner and Denis Potvin also scored.
Al Jensen made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (15)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (27), Mike McEwen (24)0–103:44 WSH · - Craig Laughlin (16)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28), Mike McEwen (25)0–212:41 WSH ·
John Tonelli (41)Unassisted1–218:54 NYI ·
2nd period
Alan Haworth (22)Bobby Carpenter (42), Scott Stevens (43)1–312:28 WSH · 
Roger Kortko (2)Clark Gillies (15), Duane Sutter (24)2–316:31 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (47)Dave Christian (41)2–400:27 WSH
Denis Potvin (17)Bryan Trottier (30), Stefan Persson (18)3–406:14 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
1722
0%0%
3/53/8
2317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:31 into the first period
Denis Potvin · holding2 min - 8:19 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · fighting5 min
- 8:19 into the first period
Greg Adams · fighting5 min - 11:02 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 17:49 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 6:49 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · elbowing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodAlan Kerr · elbowing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodClark Gillies · cross checking2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · slashing2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
- 6:53 into the third periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
- 10:15 into the third periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
- 12:21 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 17 | 3 | .824 |