Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 2, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, November 2, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31–29.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. John Tonelli, Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Duane Sutter and Neal Coulter also scored.
Billy Smith made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (5)Bryan Trottier (7)0–100:37 NYI
Bryan Trottier (3)Paul Boutilier (2), Patrick Flatley (3)0–209:41 NYI · 
Alan Haworth (6)Greg Adams (6), Craig Laughlin (6)1–210:23 WSH
2nd period
- Bryan Trottier (4)Denis Potvin (5), Dale Henry (3)1–301:20 NYI
Mike Gartner (10)Kevin Hatcher (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)2–307:05 WSH
3rd period
Dave Christian (4)Lou Franceschetti (4)3–309:37 WSH
Duane Sutter (5)Mike Bossy (5), Billy Smith (2)3–415:42 NYI
Neal Coulter (2)Denis Potvin (6)3–516:11 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
3129
0%0%
0/51/4
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:15 into the first period
Duane Sutter · fighting5 min - 0:15 into the first period
Craig Laughlin · fighting5 min - 3:04 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 3:55 into the first periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the first periodPeter Andersson · holding2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 16:30 into the first periodDwight Schofield · roughing2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodPat LaFontaine · slashing2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodBilly Smith · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodPeter Andersson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodScott Howson · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 30Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Neal CoulterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott HowsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |