Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

6–2

29–18

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Saturday, March 8, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 29–18.

Larry Murphy scored twice. Scott Stevens, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Bossy, Bobby Gould, Darren Veitch and Craig Laughlin also scored.

Pete Peeters made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 15 of 20.

Goals
WSH	2	3	1	6	29
NYI	0	2	0	2	18

Scoring

1st period

Larry Murphy (16)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (47), Craig Laughlin (35)1–011:41 WSH ·
Scott Stevens (10)Gaetan Duchesne (16), Darren Veitch (9)2–016:46 WSH

2nd period

Pat LaFontaine (24)Stefan Persson (19), Mikko Makela (18)2–107:24 NYI
Mike Bossy (47)Unassisted2–211:23 NYI
Bobby Gould (12)Dave Christian (34), Gaetan Duchesne (17)3–211:58 WSH
Darren Veitch (3)Unassisted4–212:14 WSH
Larry Murphy (17)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (48), Dave Christian (35)5–215:01 WSH ·

3rd period

Craig Laughlin (20)Scott Stevens (28), Larry Murphy (33)6–211:05 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHNYI

2918

0%0%

3/60/5

2630

Penalties

11:08 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
12:35 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
17:18 into the first periodBob Bourne · holding2 min
19:47 into the first periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
2:55 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · interference2 min
5:08 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
10:03 into the second periodBrent Sutter · high sticking2 min
10:30 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · high sticking2 min
14:15 into the second periodClark Gillies · roughing2 min
18:54 into the second periodStefan Persson · roughing2 min
18:54 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
18:54 into the second periodDuane Sutter · misconduct10 min
18:54 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
18:54 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · misconduct10 min
19:52 into the second periodBilly Smith · slashing2 min
10:05 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
11:32 into the third periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
19:31 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
19:31 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing double minor4 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Larry MurphyD	2	1	3	−2	3	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	2	2	+1	3	2	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	1	1	2	−2	1	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	1	1	2	+2	3	4	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	1	1	2	+3	2	2	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
12Jorgen PetterssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
28Mark TaylorC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	+1	3	12	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
19Peter AnderssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG	W	18	16	2	.889	60:00
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Pat LaFontaineC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
7Stefan PerssonD	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
11Roger KortkoC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	−1	0	12	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	2	6	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
4Paul BoutilierD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
8Randy BoydD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG		9	8	1	.889	20:00
31Billy SmithG	L	20	15	5	.750	39:51