1982–83 Washington Capitals season

The 1982–83 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They qualified for the playoffs for the very first time in franchise history after eight frustrating seasons.

1982–83 Washington Capitals
Division	3rd Patrick
1982–83 record	39–25–16
Goals for	306
Goals against	283
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Alternate captains	None

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1982	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1982	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	1–1–0
3	L	October 10, 1982	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	1–2–0
4	W	October 13, 1982	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	2–2–0
5	L	October 16, 1982	2–9	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	2–3–0
6	T	October 20, 1982	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	2–3–1
7	L	October 21, 1982	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	2–4–1
8	L	October 23, 1982	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	2–5–1
9	L	October 27, 1982	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	2–6–1
10	W	October 30, 1982	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	3–6–1
11	T	November 3, 1982	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	3–6–2
12	L	November 5, 1982	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	3–7–2
13	W	November 7, 1982	6–2	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	4–7–2
14	T	November 8, 1982	2–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	4–7–3
15	W	November 10, 1982	3–0	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	5–7–3
16	W	November 13, 1982	3–1	New York Islanders (1982–83)	6–7–3
17	W	November 16, 1982	5–3	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	7–7–3
18	T	November 19, 1982	3–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	7–7–4
19	L	November 21, 1982	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	7–8–4
20	L	November 23, 1982	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	7–9–4
21	T	November 24, 1982	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	7–9–5
22	W	November 26, 1982	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	8–9–5
23	T	November 28, 1982	3–3	New York Islanders (1982–83)	8–9–6
24	W	December 2, 1982	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	9–9–6
25	W	December 4, 1982	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	10–9–6
26	T	December 7, 1982	3–3	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	10–9–7
27	W	December 9, 1982	6–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	11–9–7
28	T	December 10, 1982	4–4	New York Rangers (1982–83)	11–9–8
29	W	December 12, 1982	4–3	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	12–9–8
30	W	December 14, 1982	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	13–9–8
31	T	December 16, 1982	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	13–9–9
32	W	December 18, 1982	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	14–9–9
33	W	December 19, 1982	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	15–9–9
34	W	December 23, 1982	5–1	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	16–9–9
35	L	December 26, 1982	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	16–10–9
36	W	December 28, 1982	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	17–10–9
37	T	December 30, 1982	4–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	17–10–10
38	L	January 1, 1983	2–7	New York Rangers (1982–83)	17–11–10
39	W	January 2, 1983	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	18–11–10
40	W	January 5, 1983	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	19–11–10
41	L	January 6, 1983	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	19–12–10
42	T	January 8, 1983	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	19–12–11
43	L	January 11, 1983	7–9	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	19–13–11
44	L	January 14, 1983	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	19–14–11
45	L	January 15, 1983	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	19–15–11
46	W	January 18, 1983	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	20–15–11
47	W	January 19, 1983	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	21–15–11
48	L	January 21, 1983	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	21–16–11
49	W	January 23, 1983	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	22–16–11
50	W	January 26, 1983	6–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	23–16–11
51	W	January 28, 1983	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	24–16–11
52	T	January 29, 1983	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	24–16–12
53	W	February 1, 1983	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	25–16–12
54	W	February 3, 1983	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	26–16–12
55	W	February 5, 1983	5–4	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	27–16–12
56	T	February 6, 1983	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	27–16–13
57	L	February 10, 1983	3–8	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	27–17–13
58	W	February 13, 1983	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	28–17–13
59	L	February 16, 1983	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	28–18–13
60	W	February 18, 1983	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	29–18–13
61	T	February 19, 1983	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	29–18–14
62	L	February 23, 1983	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	29–19–14
63	W	February 24, 1983	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	30–19–14
64	L	February 26, 1983	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	30–20–14
65	L	March 2, 1983	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	30–21–14
66	W	March 3, 1983	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	31–21–14
67	W	March 5, 1983	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	32–21–14
68	W	March 8, 1983	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	33–21–14
69	L	March 12, 1983	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	33–22–14
70	W	March 13, 1983	6–4	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	34–22–14
71	W	March 16, 1983	5–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	35–22–14
72	W	March 17, 1983	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	36–22–14
73	W	March 20, 1983	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	37–22–14
74	T	March 23, 1983	1–1	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	37–22–15
75	W	March 24, 1983	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	38–22–15
76	T	March 26, 1983	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	38–22–16
77	L	March 27, 1983	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	38–23–16
78	L	March 30, 1983	1–7	New York Islanders (1982–83)	38–24–16
79	L	April 1, 1983	7–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	38–25–16
80	W	April 3, 1983	3–0	New York Rangers (1982–83)	39–25–16

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Capitals lost to the Islanders 3 games to 1.

(P2) New York Islanders vs. (P3) Washington Capitals

April 6

Washington Capitals

2–5

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 7

Washington Capitals

4–2

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 9

New York Islanders

6–2

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 10

New York Islanders

6–3

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

New York won series 3–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dennis Maruk	C	80	31	50	81	71	-21	12	0	2
Mike Gartner	RW	73	38	38	76	54	-2	10	1	3
Bobby Carpenter	C	80	32	37	69	64	0	14	0	4
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	67	22	42	64	16	9	2	0	4
Alan Haworth	C	74	23	27	50	34	-5	5	0	2
Milan Novy	C	73	18	30	48	16	1	3	0	3
Craig Laughlin	RW	75	17	27	44	41	-7	5	0	3
Bobby Gould	RW	80	22	18	40	43	16	0	0	6
Ken Houston	RW	71	25	14	39	93	-8	9	0	0
Glen Currie	C	68	11	28	39	20	18	0	0	2
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	77	18	19	37	52	15	0	1	6
Greg Theberge	D	70	8	28	36	20	-3	7	0	1
Rod Langway	D	80	3	29	32	75	0	1	0	0
Doug Jarvis	C	80	8	22	30	10	-12	0	1	0
Brian Engblom	D	73	5	22	27	59	-4	4	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	77	9	16	25	195	14	0	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	61	1	17	18	67	15	1	0	1
Chris Valentine	C	23	7	10	17	14	-2	1	0	1
Ted Bulley	LW	39	4	9	13	47	-3	0	0	1
Randy Holt	D	70	0	8	8	275	-7	0	0	0
Darren Veitch	D	10	0	8	8	0	-1	0	0	0
Paul MacKinnon	D	19	2	2	4	8	1	1	0	0
Torrie Robertson	LW	5	2	0	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	8	0	1	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Eric Calder	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Hicks	D	6	0	0	0	7	-3	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	40	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Robbie Moore	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Parro	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Al Jensen	2358	40	22	12	6	135	3.44	1
Pat Riggin	2161	38	16	9	9	121	3.36	0
Dave Parro	261	6	1	3	1	19	4.37	0
Robbie Moore	20	1	0	1	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	39	25	16	276	3.45	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bobby Gould	RW	4	5	0	5	4	1	0	1
Glen Currie	C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk	C	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Brian Engblom	D	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Bobby Carpenter	C	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Houston	RW	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Craig Laughlin	RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	4	1	0	1	26	0	0	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Randy Holt	D	4	0	1	1	20	0	0	0
Doug Jarvis	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Theberge	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Ted Bulley	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gartner	RW	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Alan Haworth	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Langway	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milan Novy	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Valentine	C	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Al Jensen	139	3	1	2	10	4.32	0
Pat Riggin	101	3	0	1	8	4.75	0
Team:	240	4	1	3	18	4.50	0

[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Scott Stevens	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	58	Milan Novy	Czechoslovakia	Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
5	89	Dean Evason	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	110	Ed Kastelic	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	152	Wally Schreiber	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
9	173	Jamie Reeve	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (SJHL)
10	194	Juha Nurmi	Finland	Tampere Tappara (Finland)
11	215	Wayne Prestage	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
12	236	Jon Holden	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
12	247	Marco Kallas	United States	St. Louis Sting (NAJHL)

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1982-83 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

• "1982–83 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.