Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Thursday, October 16, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 32–28.
Richard Kromm scored twice. Patrick Flatley, Lou Franceschetti, Larry Murphy, Bryan Trottier, Brent Sutter, Craig Laughlin, Bob Bassen, Mikko Makela and Mike Gartner also scored.
Billy Smith made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (1)Brent Sutter (1), Brian Curran (1)0–100:13 NYI
Lou Franceschetti (1)Unassisted1–101:14 WSH
Larry Murphy (1)Craig Laughlin (3), Greg Adams (1)2–105:12 WSH
Bryan Trottier (1)Denis Potvin (4), Richard Kromm (2)2–208:39 NYI · 
Brent Sutter (3)Unassisted2–316:50 NYI ·
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (2)Larry Murphy (4), Scott Stevens (2)3–302:59 WSH · 
Bob Bassen (1)Gord Dineen (1)3–413:19 NYI
3rd period
Mikko Makela (2)Pat LaFontaine (3), Ari Haanpaa (1)3–500:54 NYI
Richard Kromm (1)Duane Sutter (1)3–601:59 NYI- Richard Kromm (2)Bryan Trottier (3), Duane Sutter (2)3–706:04 NYI
Mike Gartner (3)Michal Pivonka (2), John Blum (2)4–717:16 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
2832
0%0%
1/61/5
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:37 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · holding2 min - 12:02 into the first periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the first period
Brian Curran · tripping2 min - 2:19 into the second periodAlan Kerr · holding2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodBob Bassen · tripping2 min
- 7:21 into the second periodBrian Curran · delaying game2 min
- 7:21 into the second periodBrian Curran · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 35Richard KrommL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |