1982–83 Washington Capitals season

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1982–83 Washington Capitals
Division3rd Patrick
1982–83 record39–25–16
Goals for306
Goals against283
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachBryan Murray
CaptainRod Langway
Alternate captainsNone

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.

Offseason[]

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;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

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)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

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.

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