Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, February 18, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Tuesday, February 18, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31–29.
Goals came from Craig Laughlin, Mikko Makela, Paul Boutilier, Duane Sutter, Bobby Carpenter, Alan Haworth, Dave Christian, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Bryan Trottier.
Al Jensen made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (18)Alan Haworth (30)1–002:08 WSH
Mikko Makela (13)Bryan Trottier (41), Denis Potvin (25)1–112:06 NYI
Paul Boutilier (3)Ken Morrow (10), Brent Sutter (21)1–218:51 NYI
2nd period
Duane Sutter (16)Bryan Trottier (42)1–304:19 NYI
Bobby Carpenter (19)Mike Gartner (31), Jorgen Pettersson (12)2–304:58 WSH
Alan Haworth (27)Unassisted3–313:04 WSH
Dave Christian (30)Greg Adams (28), Larry Murphy (29)4–315:46 WSH ·
3rd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (21)Gaetan Duchesne (12), Peter Andersson (16)5–310:53 WSH
Bryan Trottier (30)Mikko Makela (14), Mike Bossy (48)5–417:48 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
3129
0%0%
1/30/3
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:23 into the first period
Mike Gartner · tripping2 min - 15:13 into the first period
Randy Boyd · tripping2 min - 2:15 into the second periodAlan Haworth · holding2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodAlan Haworth · cross checking2 min
- 16:56 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · fighting5 min
- 16:56 into the third periodDarren Veitch · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |