The New York Islanders handily defeated the Washington Capitals, 5 to 2, in Game 1 of the 1983 playoff series on April 6, 1983.

Final

Capitals

0-1-0

2

Islanders

1-0-0

5

Team

WSH

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYI

Bobby Gould (PP) assisted by Dennis Maruk

Bryan Trottier (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy

2nd period

WSH

NYI

Anders Kallur (PP) assisted by Stefan Persson and Denis Potvin

John Tonelli (EV) assisted by Butch Goring and Ken Morrow

Bryan Trottier (PP) assisted by Anders Kallur and Stefan Persson

3rd period

WSH

NYI

Bobby Gould (EV) assisted by Glen Currie and Randy Holt

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by John Tonelli and Denis Potvin

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 (L) P. Riggin	0	1	0	37	32	.865	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Timo Blomqvist T. Blomqvist	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Currie G. Currie	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	4	50.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Holt R. Holt	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Ken Houston K. Houston	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	1	0.0
Milan Novy M. Novy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	3	0.0
Greg Theberge G. Theberge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	29	27	.931	2	2.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Gilbert G. Gilbert	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Anders Kallur A. Kallur	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	25.0
Dave Langevin D. Langevin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Morrow K. Morrow	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	3	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Brent Sutter B. Sutter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Duane Sutter D. Sutter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
John Tonelli J. Tonelli	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	28.6