The Washington Capitals lost to the New York Islanders, 5 to 4, on March 29, 1981.

Final

Islanders

45-17-14

5

Capitals

24-35-18

4

Team

NYI

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

Clark Gillies (EV) assisted by Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (EV) assisted by Rolf Edberg

Bryan Trottier (SH) assisted by Butch Goring

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Clark Gillies (EV) assisted by Bob Bourne

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Glen Currie and Ryan Walter

Rolf Edberg (EV) assisted by Dennis Ververgaert

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Ryan Walter (PP) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Jean Pronovost

Stefan Persson (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies

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
Roland Melanson (W) R. Melanson	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	1	2	+2	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Lorimer B. Lorimer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	1	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	2	3	+3	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Palmateer (L) M. Palmateer	0	1	0	37	32	.865	5	5.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Glen Currie G. Currie	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rolf Edberg R. Edberg	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	20.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	1	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Al Hangsleben A. Hangsleben	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Kelly B. Kelly	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	1	0.0
Paul MacKinnon P. MacKinnon	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	0
James McTaggart J. McTaggart	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	2	0.0
Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0
Pat Ribble P. Ribble	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Tim Tookey T. Tookey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Darren Veitch D. Veitch	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Dennis Ververgaert D. Ververgaert	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0
Howard Walker H. Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	1	1	2	0	7	1	0	1	100.0