The New York Islanders were easily defeated by the Washington Capitals, 5 to 1, on December 23, 1982.
1st period
WSH
NYI
Dennis Maruk (PP) assisted by Greg Theberge and Mike Gartner
1
0
Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Milan Novy and Bob Carpenter
2
0
Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Stefan Persson and John Tonelli
2
1
2nd period
WSH
NYI
Bobby Gould (EV) assisted by Dennis Maruk
3
1
3rd period
WSH
NYI
Craig Laughlin (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
4
1
Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Milan Novy
5
1