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1982–83 Washington Capitals
1982–83 Washington Capitals
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	Wales
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
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

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.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1982–83 NHL records^[2]
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	0−7	3−3−1	2−5	3−1−3	0−6−1	8−22−5
N.Y. Islanders	7−0	—	4−3	1−4−2	5−2	4−2−1	21−11−3
N.Y. Rangers	3−3−1	3−4	—	3−4	5−1−1	3−3−1	17−15−3
Philadelphia	5−2	4−1−2	4−3	—	5−1−1	3−4	21−11−3
Pittsburgh	1−3−3	2−5	1−5−1	1–5–1	—	1−5−1	6−23−6
Washington	6−0−1	2−4−1	3−3−1	4–3	5–1–1	—	20−11−4

Vs. Adams Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	0−1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−9−3
N.Y. Islanders	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−0−2	1−1−1	5−6−4
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	0−2−1	2−1	1−2	1−2	4−10−1
Philadelphia	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−2	3−0	7−7−1
Pittsburgh	1−2	1−1−1	3−0	1−2	0−3	6−8−1
Washington	3−0	0−3	2−0−1	0−1−2	1−1−1	6−5−4

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	0−3	1−1−1	0−3	0−2−1	1−0−2	2−9−4
N.Y. Islanders	1−1−1	0−2−1	0−2−1	2−1	2−1	5−7−3
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	2−0−1	2−1	2−0−1	3−0	9−4−2
Philadelphia	1−1−1	3−0	1−1−1	3−0	2−0−1	10−2−3
Pittsburgh	0−3	0−2−1	0−2−1	0−3	1−2	1−12−2
Washington	2−0−1	2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	8−4−3

Vs. Smythe Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	1−2	0−3	1−2	1−0−2	1−2	4−9−2
N.Y. Islanders	2−0−1	3−0	3−0	2−1	1−1−1	11−2−2
N.Y. Rangers	2−0−1	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	5−6−4
Philadelphia	3−0	2−1	2−1	1−1−1	3−0	11−3−1
Pittsburgh	0−3	1−2	2−1	1−2	1−2	5−10−0
Washington	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−0−2	5−5−5

Schedule and results

Regular season

1982–83 game log

October: 3–6–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 3–3–0)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 6, 1982	@ N.Y. Rangers	5–4	Riggin	Madison Square Garden	1–0–0	2
2	October 9, 1982	Philadelphia	2–3	Riggin	Capital Centre	1–1–0	2
3	October 10, 1982	@ Philadelphia	4–6	Moore	The Spectrum	1–2–0	2
4	October 13, 1982	@ Toronto	5–3	Parro	Maple Leaf Gardens	2–2–0	4
5	October 16, 1982 8:05 p.m. EDT	Buffalo	2–9	Parro	Capital Centre 13,710	2–3–0	4	L1
6	October 20, 1982 7:35 p.m. EDT	Montreal	3–3	Parro	Capital Centre 12,849	2–3–1	5	T1
7	October 21, 1982 8:05 p.m. EDT	@ N.Y. Islanders	3–6	Riggin	Nassau Coliseum 14,633	2–4–1	5	L1
8	October 23, 1982 8:05 p.m. EDT	Minnesota	1–3	Parro	Capital Centre 12,768	2–5–1	5	L2
9	October 27, 1982	@ Pittsburgh	5–7	Parro	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	2–6–1	5
10	October 30, 1982	@ St. Louis	6–5	Riggin	Checkerdome	3–6–1	7

November: 5–3–5 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–4)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 3, 1982 8:35 p.m. EST	@ Chicago	3–3	Riggin	Chicago Stadium 13,864	3–6–2	8	T1
12	November 5, 1982	St. Louis	3–4	Riggin	Capital Centre	3–7–2	8
13	November 7, 1982 7:05 p.m. EST	Hartford	6–2	Jensen	Capital Centre 12,816	4–7–2	10	W1
14	November 8, 1982 7:45 p.m. EST	@ New Jersey	2–2	Riggin	Brendan Byrne Arena 10,273	4–7–3	11	T1
15	November 10, 1982 7:35 p.m. EST	New Jersey	3–0	Jensen	Capital Centre 12,445	5–7–3	13	W1
16	November 13, 1982 8:05 p.m. EST	N.Y. Islanders	3–1	Jensen	Capital Centre 14,131	6–7–3	15	W2
17	November 16, 1982 7:35 p.m. EST	Calgary	5–3	Riggin	Capital Centre 10,705	7–7–3	17	W3
18	November 19, 1982	@ Winnipeg	3–3	Jensen	Winnipeg Arena	7–7–4	18
19	November 21, 1982	@ Vancouver	3–5	Riggin	Pacific Coliseum	7–8–4	18
20	November 23, 1982 9:35 p.m. EST	@ Calgary	3–6	Jensen	Stampede Corral 7,242	7–9–4	18	L2
21	November 24, 1982 9:35 p.m. EST	@ Edmonton	3–3	Riggin	Northlands Coliseum 17,498	7–9–5	19	T1
22	November 26, 1982	Toronto	5–3	Jensen	Capital Centre	8–9–5	21
23	November 28, 1982 7:05 p.m. EST	N.Y. Islanders	3–3	Jensen	Capital Centre 12,380	8–9–6	22	T1

December: 9–1–4 (home: 5–1–2; road: 4–0–2)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
24	December 2, 1982	Pittsburgh	5–4	Jensen	Capital Centre	9–9–6	24
25	December 4, 1982 8:05 p.m. EST	Chicago	4–2	Riggin	Capital Centre 10,885	10–9–6	26	W2
26	December 7, 1982	Winnipeg	3–3	Jensen	Capital Centre	10–9–7	27
27	December 9, 1982 7:35 p.m. EST	@ New Jersey	6–4	Riggin	Brendan Byrne Arena 9,123	11–9–7	29	W1
28	December 10, 1982	N.Y. Rangers	4–4	Jensen	Capital Centre	11–9–8	30
29	December 12, 1982 7:05 p.m. EST	Boston	4–3	Riggin	Capital Centre 10,435	12–9–8	32	W1
30	December 14, 1982 7:35 p.m. EST	Los Angeles	7–2	Jensen	Capital Centre 8,696	13–9–8	34	W2
31	December 16, 1982 8:35 p.m. EST	@ Minnesota	4–4	Riggin	Met Center 12,340	13–9–9	35	T1
32	December 18, 1982	@ Pittsburgh	3–1	Jensen	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	14–9–9	37
33	December 19, 1982	@ Philadelphia	3–1	Jensen	The Spectrum	15–9–9	39
34	December 23, 1982 8:05 p.m. EST	@ N.Y. Islanders	5–1	Jensen	Nassau Coliseum 15,230	16–9–9	41	W3
35	December 26, 1982	Philadelphia	3–6	Jensen	Capital Centre	16–10–9	41
36	December 28, 1982	Pittsburgh	6–3	Jensen	Capital Centre	17–10–9	43
37	December 30, 1982 7:35 p.m. EST	@ Hartford	4–4	Riggin	Hartford Civic Center 11,385	17–10–10	44	T1

January: 7–6–2 (home: 3–5–0; road: 4–1–2)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
38	January 1, 1983	N.Y. Rangers	2–7	Jensen	Capital Centre	17–11–10	44
39	January 2, 1983	@ Quebec	7–4	Riggin	Quebec Coliseum	18–11–10	46
40	January 5, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	@ Detroit	5–2	Jensen	Joe Louis Arena 11,676	19–11–10	48	W2
41	January 6, 1983	Toronto	1–3	Riggin	Capital Centre	19–12–10	48
42	January 8, 1983	@ St. Louis	3–3	Jensen	Checkerdome	19–12–11	49
43	January 11, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	Los Angeles	7–9	Riggin	Capital Centre 9,422	19–13–11	49	L1
44	January 14, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	@ Buffalo	2–3	Jensen	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 11,646	19–14–11	49	L2
45	January 15, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	Buffalo	2–4	Jensen	Capital Centre 11,409	19–15–11	49	L3
46	January 18, 1983	Philadelphia	4–1	Jensen	Capital Centre	20–15–11	51
47	January 19, 1983 8:35 p.m. EST	@ Chicago	6–4	Jensen	Chicago Stadium 17,482	21–15–11	53	W2
48	January 21, 1983	Quebec	4–5	Jensen	Capital Centre	21–16–11	53
49	January 23, 1983 1:35 p.m. EST	New Jersey	3–1	Jensen	Capital Centre 8,839	22–16–11	55	W1
50	January 26, 1983	@ Pittsburgh	6–2	Riggin	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	23–16–11	57
51	January 28, 1983	Pittsburgh	7–2	Riggin	Capital Centre	24–16–11	59
52	January 29, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	@ Montreal	3–3	Jensen	Montreal Forum 16,835	24–16–12	60	T1

February: 6–4–2 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–4–2)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
53	February 1, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	Detroit	5–2	Riggin	Capital Centre 9,314	25–16–12	62	W1
54	February 3, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	Minnesota	3–1	Jensen	Capital Centre 9,680	26–16–12	64	W2
55	February 5, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	New Jersey	5–4	Jensen	Capital Centre 13,150	27–16–12	66	W3
56	February 6, 1983	@ Quebec	4–4	Riggin	Quebec Coliseum	27–16–13	67
35th All-Star Game in Uniondale, New York
57	February 10, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	@ N.Y. Islanders	3–8	Jensen	Nassau Coliseum 15,055	27–17–13	67	L1
58	February 13, 1983	Winnipeg	6–1	Riggin	Capital Centre	28–17–13	69
59	February 16, 1983	@ N.Y. Rangers	4–5	Jensen	Madison Square Garden	28–18–13	69
60	February 18, 1983	@ Vancouver	2–1	Riggin	Pacific Coliseum	29–18–13	71
61	February 19, 1983 10:35 p.m. EST	@ Los Angeles	3–3	Riggin	The Forum 14,087	29–18–14	72	T1
62	February 23, 1983 9:35 p.m. EST	@ Edmonton	3–6	Jensen	Northlands Coliseum 17,498	29–19–14	72	L1
63	February 24, 1983 9:35 p.m. EST	@ Calgary	4–2	Riggin	Stampede Corral 7,242	30–19–14	74	W1
64	February 26, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	@ Montreal	1–4	Riggin	Montreal Forum 16,988	30–20–14	74	L1

March: 8–4–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 4–2–0)

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 2, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	Edmonton	3–5	Riggin	Capital Centre 18,130	30–21–14	74	L2
66	March 3, 1983	@ N.Y. Rangers	4–3	Jensen	Madison Square Garden	31–21–14	76
67	March 5, 1983	Philadelphia	4–3	Jensen	Capital Centre	32–21–14	78
68	March 8, 1983 7:45 p.m. EST	@ New Jersey	5–4	Riggin	Brendan Byrne Arena 9,350	33–21–14	80	W3
69	March 12, 1983 5:05 p.m. EST	@ N.Y. Islanders	2–6	Jensen	Nassau Coliseum 15,230	33–22–14	80	L1
70	March 13, 1983 1:35 p.m. EST	Boston	6–4	Jensen	Capital Centre 15,729	34–22–14	82	W1
71	March 16, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	Hartford	5–4	Jensen	Capital Centre 8,980	35–22–14	84	W2
72	March 17, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	@ Boston	2–1	Riggin	Boston Garden 13,179	36–22–14	86	W3
73	March 20, 1983	@ Philadelphia	3–2	Riggin	The Spectrum	37–22–14	88
74	March 23, 1983	Vancouver	1–1	Riggin	Capital Centre	37–22–15	89
75	March 24, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	New Jersey	5–3	Jensen	Capital Centre 9,713	38–22–15	91	W1
76	March 26, 1983	Pittsburgh	4–4	Riggin	Capital Centre	38–22–16	92
77	March 27, 1983	@ N.Y. Rangers	4–5	Jensen	Madison Square Garden	38–23–16	92
78	March 30, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	N.Y. Islanders	1–7	Riggin	Capital Centre 17,848	38–24–16	92	L2

April: 1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Game site Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
79	April 1, 1983 7:35 p.m. EST	@ Detroit	7–8		Jensen	Joe Louis Arena 13,609	38–25–16	92	L3
80	April 3, 1983	N.Y. Rangers	3–0		Jensen	Capital Centre	39–25–16	94

Win (2 Points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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

1983 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (P2) New York Islanders: N.Y. Islanders won 3–1

Game	Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Decision	Game site Attendance	Series
1	April 6, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	@ N.Y. Islanders	2–5	Riggin	Nassau Coliseum 15,230	0–1
2	April 7, 1983 8:05 p.m. EST	@ N.Y. Islanders	4–2	Jensen	Nassau Coliseum 15,150	1–1
3	April 9, 1983 1:05 p.m. EST	N.Y. Islanders	2–6	Jensen	Capital Centre 18,130	1–2
4	April 10, 1983 7:05 p.m. EST	N.Y. Islanders	3–6	Jensen	Capital Centre 18,130	1–3

Win Loss

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

Goaltending

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

^[3]

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

Draft picks

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

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

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1982-83 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.