The New York Islanders came up just a bit short against the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on December 27, 1984.

Final

Capitals

20-10-7

5

Islanders

19-14-1

4

Team

WSH

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYI

Gaetan Duchesne (EV) assisted by Bobby Gould and Rod Langway

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Greg Gilbert and Stefan Persson

Patrick Flatley (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Greg Gilbert

2nd period

WSH

NYI

John Tonelli (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin

Doug Jarvis (EV) assisted by Gary Sampson and Larry Murphy

Dave Christian (PP) assisted by Darren Veitch

3rd period

WSH

NYI

Tomas Jonsson (EV) assisted by Brent Sutter and Duane Sutter

Dave Christian (EV) assisted by Craig Laughlin and Bobby Carpenter

WSH

NYI

Doug Jarvis (EV) assisted by Gaetan Duchesne and Craig Laughlin

Capitals

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pat Riggin (W) P. Riggin	1	0	0	16	12	.750	4	3.74	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Peter Andersson P. Andersson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	66.7
Glen Currie G. Currie	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Bryan Erickson B. Erickson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	100.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gary Sampson G. Sampson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darren Veitch D. Veitch	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0	8	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (L) B. Smith	0	1	0	40	35	.875	5	4.68	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Boutilier P. Boutilier	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Greg Gilbert G. Gilbert	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0	1	100.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0
Brent Sutter B. Sutter	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	2	50.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0