The Washington Capitals lost to 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

1

2

4

3

4

2

OT

1

0

Total

8

7

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

WSH

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

0

1

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

1

2nd period

NYI

WSH

Rod Langway (SH) assisted by Doug Jarvis

1

2

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

1

3

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

1

4

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

1

5

Mike Bossy (EV) unassisted

2

5

Brent Sutter (EV) unassisted

3

5

3rd period

NYI

WSH

Craig Laughlin (EV) unassisted

3

6

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

4

6

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

5

6

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

6

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

6

7

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

7

OT

NYI

WSH

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

8

7

Islanders

Capitals

Goals

8

7

Shots

28

39

Penalty Minutes

23

25

Power-Play Goals

2

4

Power-Play Opportunities

9

8

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Kelly Hrudey (W)		9	1	8	.889	18:35
Roland Melanson		30	6	24	.800	43:26

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Mike Bossy	1	1	-2	0	3
Bob Bourne	1	0	-1	2	5
Greg Gilbert	0	2	+2	2	2
Clark Gillies	0	1	+1	0	0
Butch Goring	1	0	+1	0	1
Anders Kallur	1	1	0	0	1
Gord Lane	0	0	+2	7	0
Dave Langevin	0	0	+4	0	0
Mike McEwen	0	1	+2	2	2
Wayne Merrick	0	1	+1	0	0
Ken Morrow	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Nystrom	2	1	+4	0	3
Stefan Persson	1	0	+1	2	3
Denis Potvin	0	2	-3	6	3
Brent Sutter	1	0	0	0	1
Duane Sutter	0	0	+1	2	2
John Tonelli	0	1	+1	0	0
Bryan Trottier	0	1	+1	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Al Jensen (L)		28	8	20	.714	62:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Greg Adams	0	0	-2	0	2
Bobby Carpenter	0	1	-2	0	3
Dave Christian	0	1	0	0	2
Glen Currie	0	0	-2	0	2
Gaetan Duchesne	1	0	+1	0	2
Brian Engblom	0	0	-1	2	3
Bryan Erickson	0	0	-1	0	2
Mike Gartner	0	2	+1	2	2
Bobby Gould	0	0	-2	2	2
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	2	2	-1	6	2
Alan Haworth	0	0	-1	5	2
Doug Jarvis	0	1	0	0	3
Rod Langway	1	1	0	2	3
Craig Laughlin	2	1	-1	4	3
Paul MacKinnon	0	0	-1	0	0
Scott Stevens	0	0	-3	2	1
Greg Theberge	1	1	-1	0	2
Darren Veitch	0	1	0	0	3