The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders, 8 to 7, in overtime on October 8, 1983.

Final

Islanders

2-1-0

8

Capitals

0-2-0

7

Team

NYI

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

Craig Laughlin (PP) assisted by Darren Veitch and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Anders Kallur (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Rod Langway (SH) assisted by Doug Jarvis

Greg Theberge (PP) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Bobby Carpenter

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (PP) assisted by Mike Gartner and Craig Laughlin

Gaetan Duchesne (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Rod Langway

Mike Bossy (EV) unassisted

Brent Sutter (EV) unassisted

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Craig Laughlin (EV) unassisted

Butch Goring (EV) assisted by Clark Gillies and Greg Gilbert

Stefan Persson (EV) assisted by Anders Kallur and Bobby Nystrom

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

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (PP) assisted by Greg Theberge and Dave Christian

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Greg Gilbert and Mike McEwen

NYI

WSH

Bob Bourne (PP) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Denis Potvin

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
Kelly Hrudey (W) K. Hrudey	1	0	0	9	8	.889	1	3.23	0	19
Roland Melanson R. Melanson				30	24	.800	6	8.29	0	43

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	1	1	5	20.0
Greg Gilbert G. Gilbert	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Goring B. Goring	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	+2	7	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	2	1	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Stefan Persson S. Persson	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	2	2	-3	6	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Brent Sutter B. Sutter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Al Jensen (L) A. Jensen	0	1	0	28	20	.714	8	7.74	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Currie G. Currie	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan Erickson B. Erickson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	2	2	4	-1	6	2	2	0	0	2	100.0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	2	1	3	-1	4	1	1	0	0	3	66.7
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Theberge G. Theberge	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	50.0
Darren Veitch D. Veitch	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0