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 | |
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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 |
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Patrick Division
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Vs. Adams Division
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Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
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Vs. Smythe Division
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Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 3–6–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 5–3–5 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–4)
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December: 9–1–4 (home: 5–1–2; road: 4–0–2)
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January: 7–6–2 (home: 3–5–0; road: 4–1–2)
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February: 6–4–2 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–4–2)
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March: 8–4–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 4–2–0)
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April: 1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
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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.
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (P2) New York Islanders: N.Y. Islanders won 3–1
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Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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) |
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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
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.
External links
- "1982–83 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.