The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders, 4 to 2, on October 23, 1981.

Final

Islanders

5-1-1

4

Capitals

1-7-0

2

Team

NYI

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Bobby Nystrom and Wayne Merrick

Mike Bossy (PP) assisted by Tomas Jonsson and Bob Bourne

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Wayne Merrick and Gord Lane

Gaetan Duchesne (EV) assisted by Greg Theberge

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Tim Tookey (EV) assisted by Al Hangsleben

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Tomas Jonsson

Islanders

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	26	24	.923	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	66.7
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Carroll B. Carroll	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Hector Marini H. Marini	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	5	40.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Palmateer (L) M. Palmateer	0	1	0	8	5	.625	3	17.03	0	11
Dave Parro D. Parro				20	19	.950	1	1.21	0	49

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Glen Currie G. Currie	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Al Hangsleben A. Hangsleben	0	1	1	+1	5	0
Bob Kelly B. Kelly	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Terry Murray T. Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Greg Theberge G. Theberge	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0.0
Tim Tookey T. Tookey	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Howard Walker H. Walker	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0