Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Playoffs · Saturday, April 12, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Saturday, April 12, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 28–23.
Goals came from Rod Langway, Scott Stevens, Larry Murphy and Mike Bossy.
Pete Peeters made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Langway (1)Mike Gartner (2)1–013:20 WSH ·
2nd period
Scott Stevens (2)Greg Adams (1), Bobby Carpenter (1)2–007:18 WSH · 
Larry Murphy (1)Scott Stevens (4)3–015:08 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Bossy (1)Bryan Trottier (1), Tomas Jonsson (1)3–105:12 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
2328
0%0%
3/60/4
2731
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Pete Peeters · delaying game2 min - 6:38 into the first period
Mike Bossy · tripping2 min - 11:58 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 13:51 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 13:51 into the first periodJohn Barrett · fighting5 min
- 16:45 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodDuane Sutter · charging2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 8:27 into the second periodClark Gillies · elbowing2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodKelly Hrudey · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · fighting5 min
- 12:00 into the second periodJohn Barrett · fighting5 min
- 12:16 into the second periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 18:54 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · high sticking2 min
- 18:54 into the second periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |