New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Wednesday, April 10, 1985 · Capital Centre

3–4

17–42

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, April 10, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 42–17.

Mike Bossy scored twice and Larry Murphy scored twice. Denis Potvin, Mike Gartner and Alan Haworth also scored.

Pat Riggin made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 38 of 42.

Goals
NYI	0	3	0	0	3	17
WSH	0	3	0	1	4	42

Scoring

2nd period

Mike Bossy (1)Brent Sutter (1), Denis Potvin (1)1–004:00 NYI ·
Denis Potvin (1)John Tonelli (1), Brent Sutter (2)2–009:07 NYI
Larry Murphy (1)Scott Stevens (1), Bobby Carpenter (1)2–111:15 WSH ·
Larry Murphy (2)Mike Gartner (1), Bobby Carpenter (2)2–211:31 WSH ·
Mike Gartner (1)Mike McEwen (1)2–313:24 WSH
Mike Bossy (2)Denis Potvin (2)3–318:37 NYI

Overtime

Alan Haworth (1)Rod Langway (1), Lou Franceschetti (1)3–402:28 WSH

Team stats

NYIWSH

1742

0%0%

1/52/10

3320

Penalties

0:58 into the first periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
2:56 into the first periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
2:56 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · slashing2 min
4:02 into the first periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
4:18 into the first periodScott Stevens · interference goalkeeper2 min
14:20 into the first periodGord Dineen · elbowing2 min
15:33 into the first periodPaul Boutilier · cross checking2 min
15:33 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
17:14 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
17:45 into the first periodBrent Sutter · elbowing2 min
17:45 into the first periodDarren Veitch · high sticking2 min
19:35 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · interference2 min
19:35 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · high sticking2 min
1:56 into the second periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
2:21 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
5:19 into the second periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
7:33 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
7:33 into the second periodMike McEwen · roughing2 min
9:36 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
10:42 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
16:33 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
0:28 into the third periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
3:05 into the third periodMike Gartner · interference2 min
3:28 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
10:55 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · high sticking5 min

Season series

Islanders vs Capitals head-to-head →

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

5Denis PotvinD	1	2	3	+2	1	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	2	2	+1	2	6	–	–
22Mike BossyR	2	0	2	+1	5	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
8Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	−2	1	7	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
11Roger KortkoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
4Paul BoutilierD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	L	42	38	4	.905	62:28

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Bobby CarpenterC	0	2	2	0	2	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	1	1	2	+1	6	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	2	0	2	−1	3	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	1	1	+1	2	4	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	−2	3	4	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	1	1	+2	4	2	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
20Gary SampsonL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
19Peter AnderssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG	W	17	14	3	.824	62:24
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00