Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Playoffs · Sunday, April 14, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

4–6

33–34

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Sunday, April 14, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 34–33.

Mike Bossy scored twice. Denis Potvin, Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Bobby Nystrom, Doug Jarvis, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Patrick Flatley and Bryan Trottier also scored.

Billy Smith made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 29 of 34.

Goals
WSH	2	2	0	4	33
NYI	2	0	4	6	34

Scoring

1st period

Denis Potvin (2)John Tonelli (3), Tomas Jonsson (1)0–101:51 NYI ·
Mike Gartner (4)Bobby Carpenter (4), Larry Murphy (2)1–109:28 WSH ·
Dave Christian (1)Unassisted2–113:00 WSH
Bobby Nystrom (1)Bryan Trottier (1), Stefan Persson (1)2–213:15 NYI

2nd period

Doug Jarvis (1)Bobby Gould (1), Gaetan Duchesne (1)3–205:10 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Mike Gartner (3), Larry Murphy (3)4–213:54 WSH ·

3rd period

Patrick Flatley (1)Bob Bourne (2), Stefan Persson (2)4–303:26 NYI
Mike Bossy (3)John Tonelli (4), Brent Sutter (3)4–407:55 NYI ·
Bryan Trottier (3)Unassisted4–518:52 NYI
Mike Bossy (4)Bryan Trottier (2)4–619:44 NYI ·

Team stats

WSHNYI

3334

0%0%

2/62/5

1416

Penalties

1:02 into the first periodAl Jensen · delaying game2 min
2:46 into the first periodBobby Nystrom · high sticking2 min
8:56 into the first periodRoger Kortko · tripping2 min
16:23 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
16:23 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
19:11 into the first periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
3:03 into the second periodRoger Kortko · hooking2 min
8:25 into the second periodScott Stevens · holding2 min
8:25 into the second periodScott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
11:50 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
13:36 into the second periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
6:33 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
10:14 into the third periodGord Dineen · slashing2 min
16:55 into the third periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
16:55 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
19:30 into the third periodBilly Smith · ps goalkeeper displaced net0 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	1	1	2	0	4	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	1	1	−2	3	2	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
20Gary SampsonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	0	0	−2	2	4	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Al JensenG	L	34	29	5	.853	59:35

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

19Bryan TrottierC	1	2	3	+3	1	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	2	0	2	+1	6	2	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	2	2	−1	4	2	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	–	–
8Patrick FlatleyR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
11Roger KortkoC	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
4Paul BoutilierD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

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