🏝️ Away Islanders 42-24-10 before this game

3–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 50-24-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	1	1	1	3
WSH	2	1	1	4

Islanders at Capitals

Capitals beat Islanders 4–3 at Capital One Arena on March 30, 1985.

🗓 Sat, Mar 30, 1985 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Craig Laughlin

2 G

3 shots

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Mike McEwen

2 A

2 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

2 A

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Craig Laughlin PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:44

Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike McEwen · beat Billy Smith

0–1

🦅 Craig Laughlin PP 1st · 12:41

Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike McEwen · beat Billy Smith

0–2

🏝️ John Tonelli PP 1st · 18:54

Unassisted · beat Al Jensen

1–2

2nd period

🦅 Alan Haworth PP 2nd · 12:28

Assists: Bobby Carpenter, Scott Stevens · beat Billy Smith

1–3

🏝️ Roger Kortko PP 2nd · 16:31

Assists: Clark Gillies, Duane Sutter · beat Al Jensen

2–3

3rd period

🦅 Mike Gartner 3rd · 00:27

Assists: Dave Christian · beat Billy Smith

2–4

🏝️ Denis Potvin PP 3rd · 06:14

Assists: Bryan Trottier, Stefan Persson · beat Al Jensen

3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI WSH🦅

17 Shots on goal 22

3/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/8

23 Penalty minutes 17

NYI shooting 17.6% (3/17) WSH shooting 18.2% (4/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:27 TOI

🦅Capitals

Al Jensen

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 4–3 Full head-to-head →

5–4 (OT) · Capitals won

Nov 23, 1984

🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH

5–1 · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on March 30, 1985?

Capitals won 4–3.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 3, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Denis Potvin, John Tonelli, Roger Kortko.

Who scored for Capitals?

Craig Laughlin (2), Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Al Jensen 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?

Capitals lead the season series 4–3 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 28

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 28

Also on March 30, 1985

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