NHL game summary from April 4, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Washington Capitals (25-36-18) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New York Islanders (47-18-14) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1: | NYI, | Garry Howatt 3 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick), 3:44 |
| NYI, | Clark Gillies 33 (Mike McEwen), 7:18 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYI, | Hector Marini 3 (Clark Gillies, Butch Goring), 2:07 - PP |
| WAS, | Dennis Maruk 47 (Darren Veitch, Rick Green), 14:39 - PP | |
| NYI, | Butch Goring 23 (Hector Marini, Ken Morrow), 19:34 - EN | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 9:18 |
| Rick Green, WAS [Hooking] 18:38 | |
| 2: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hooking] 7:37 |
| Bench penalty, NYI [Too many men on the ice] 12:22 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Tripping] 16:53 | |
| 3: | Rick Green, WAS [Holding] 2:01 |
| Rick Smith, WAS [Hooking] 4:42 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Holding] 14:12 |
Penalty time: WAS: 6 minutes
NYI: 10 minutes
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Ribble | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Howard Walker | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Veitch | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ryan Walter | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rolf Edberg | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Gartner | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Alan Hangsleben | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bengt Gustafsson | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tim Tookey | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul MacKinnon | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dennis Maruk | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jean Pronovost | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Kelly | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Glen Currie | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mike Palmateer | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 25 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Melanson | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Marini | 29 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: WAS: 0- 0- 0-0
NYI: 0- 0- 0-0
Goalies: WAS: Mike Palmateer (L, 17-19-9)
NYI: Rollie Melanson (W, 8-1-1)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 15,008
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