🏝️ Away Islanders 53-19-0 before this game

3–2

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 27-45-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	1	2	3
WSH	2	0	0	2

Islanders at Capitals

Islanders beat Capitals 3–2 at Capital One Arena on March 21, 1982.

🗓 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 7–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Tomas Jonsson

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +1

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Chris Valentine

1 G, 1 A

2 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Ryan Walter

1 G, 1 A

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Chris Valentine PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:23

Assists: Ryan Walter, Darren Veitch

0–1

🦅 Ryan Walter PP 1st · 15:02

Assists: Rick Green, Chris Valentine

0–2

2nd period

🏝️ Tomas Jonsson 2nd · 02:17

Assists: Brent Sutter, Clark Gillies

1–2

3rd period

🏝️ Bob Bourne PP Tying 3rd · 04:54

Assists: Mike McEwen, Tomas Jonsson

2–2

🏝️ Mike Bossy Go-ahead 3rd · 19:25

Assists: Bryan Trottier

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI WSH🦅

28 Shots on goal 25

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

12 Penalty minutes 8

NYI shooting 10.7% (3/28) WSH shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Dave Parro

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 7–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on March 21, 1982?

Islanders won 3–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 3, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bob Bourne, Mike Bossy, Tomas Jonsson.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chris Valentine, Ryan Walter.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Dave Parro made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Capitals season series?

Islanders lead the season series 7–0 after 7 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 20

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 20

Also on March 21, 1982

Islanders season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule