🦅 Away Capitals 0-0 in series
2–5
Final
NYI leads 3–1
🏝️ Home Islanders 0-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1012
🏝️ NYI 1315

Capitals at Islanders — First Round Game 1

Islanders, First Round Game 1, beat Capitals 5–2 at UBS Arena on April 6, 1983.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1982-83 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs NYI · NYI leads 3–1 Full series →
Game 1
2–5
Final · NYI
Game 2
4–2
Final · WSH
Game 3
6–2
Final · NYI
Game 4
6–3
Final · NYI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Denis Potvin
3 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Bryan Trottier
2 G
7 shots
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Anders Kallur
1 G, 1 A
4 shots

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Bobby Gould PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:01
Assists: Dennis Maruk · beat Billy Smith
1–0
🏝️ Bryan Trottier PP Tying 1st · 09:31
Assists: Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy · beat Pat Riggin
1–1
2nd period
🏝️ Anders Kallur PP Go-ahead 2nd · 02:46
Assists: Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin · beat Pat Riggin
1–2
🏝️ John Tonelli 2nd · 03:50
Assists: Butch Goring, Ken Morrow · beat Pat Riggin
1–3
🏝️ Bryan Trottier PP 2nd · 16:05
Assists: Anders Kallur, Stefan Persson · beat Pat Riggin
1–4
3rd period
🦅 Bobby Gould 3rd · 00:19
Assists: Glen Currie, Randy Holt · beat Billy Smith
2–4
🏝️ Bobby Nystrom 3rd · 08:18
Assists: John Tonelli, Denis Potvin · beat Pat Riggin
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYI🏝️
29 Shots on goal 37
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5
34 Penalty minutes 22
WSH shooting 6.9% (2/29) NYI shooting 13.5% (5/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Billy Smith
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-10 (57% win rate, 23 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 17-12 (59% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Mar 301983 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 7–1 Mar 121983 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 2–6 Feb 101983 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 3–8 Dec 231982 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 5–1 Nov 281982 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 3–3
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Who won Capitals vs Islanders on April 6, 1983?

Islanders won 5–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Islanders 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bobby Gould (2).

Who scored for Islanders?

Bryan Trottier (2), Anders Kallur, Bobby Nystrom, John Tonelli.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

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

Where is Capitals vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 3 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 0–3 AfterApr 7 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 4–2
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 3 🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI 2–4 AfterApr 7 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 4–2
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