1982–83 Washington Capitals season

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Maruk, DennisDennis Maruk	C	80	31	50	81	71	-21	12	0	2
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	73	38	38	76	54	-2	10	1	3
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	80	32	37	69	64	0	14	0	4
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	67	22	42	64	16	9	2	0	4
Haworth, AlanAlan Haworth	C	74	23	27	50	34	-5	5	0	2
Novy, MilanMilan Novy	C	73	18	30	48	16	1	3	0	3
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	75	17	27	44	41	-7	5	0	3
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	80	22	18	40	43	16	0	0	6
Houston, KenKen Houston	RW	71	25	14	39	93	-8	9	0	0
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	68	11	28	39	20	18	0	0	2
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	77	18	19	37	52	15	0	1	6
Theberge, GregGreg Theberge	D	70	8	28	36	20	-3	7	0	1
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	80	3	29	32	75	0	1	0	0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	80	8	22	30	10	-12	0	1	0
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom	D	73	5	22	27	59	-4	4	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	77	9	16	25	195	14	0	0	0
Blomqvist, TimoTimo Blomqvist	D	61	1	17	18	67	15	1	0	1
Valentine, ChrisChris Valentine	C	23	7	10	17	14	-2	1	0	1
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	39	4	9	13	47	-3	0	0	1
Holt, RandyRandy Holt	D	70	0	8	8	275	-7	0	0	0
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	10	0	8	8	0	-1	0	0	0
MacKinnon, PaulPaul MacKinnon	D	19	2	2	4	8	1	1	0	0
Robertson, TorrieTorrie Robertson	LW	5	2	0	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	8	0	1	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Calder, EricEric Calder	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hicks, DougDoug Hicks	D	6	0	0	0	7	-3	0	0	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	G	40	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Moore, RobbieRobbie Moore	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parro, DaveDave Parro	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	2358	40	22	12	6	135	3.44	1
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	2161	38	16	9	9	121	3.36	0
Parro, DaveDave Parro	261	6	1	3	1	19	4.37	0
Moore, RobbieRobbie 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	GWG
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	4	5	0	5	4	1	1
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	4	1	1	2	4	0	0
Maruk, DennisDennis Maruk	C	4	1	1	2	2	0	0
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom	D	4	0	2	2	2	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	4	1	0	1	2	0	0
Houston, KenKen Houston	RW	4	1	0	1	4	0	0
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	4	1	0	1	26	0	0
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	4	0	1	1	4	0	0
Holt, RandyRandy Holt	D	4	0	1	1	20	0	0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Theberge, GregGreg Theberge	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Blomqvist, TimoTimo Blomqvist	D	3	0	0	0	16	0	0
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Haworth, AlanAlan Haworth	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Novy, MilanMilan Novy	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Valentine, ChrisChris Valentine	C	2	0	0	0	4	0	0

Goaltending

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

^[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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "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.

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Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1982–83 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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