1982-83 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-25-16 - 94 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 3-1
Coach: Bryan Murray (39-25-16)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1982-83 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 39-25-16 - 94 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 3-1
Coach: Bryan Murray (39-25-16)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1982-83 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 39 wins and 25 losses and 16 ties for 94 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.
The Capitals netted 306 goals and surrendered 283. Mike Gartner scored 38 goals for Washington, while Bob Carpenter and Dennis Maruk tallied 30 or more, too. Dennis Maruk contributed 50 assists. Al Jensen topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Pat Riggin added 15 or more wins, too. Pat Riggin recorded a 3.36 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1982-83 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 80 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 71 | -21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 16.8 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 73 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 54 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 269 | 14.1 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 80 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 197 | 16.2 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 67 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 74 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 34 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 15.9 |
| Milan Novy | C | 73 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 13.7 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 75 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 41 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 128 | 13.3 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 80 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 142 | 15.5 |
| Ken Houston | R | 71 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 93 | -8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 18.0 |
| Glen Currie | C | 68 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 20.4 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 77 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 14.3 |
| Greg Theberge | D | 70 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 20 | -3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 5.9 |
| Rod Langway | D | 80 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 8.4 |
| Brian Engblom | D | 73 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 59 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 4.9 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 77 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 195 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 7.4 |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 61 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Chris Valentine | C | 23 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29.2 |
| Ted Bulley | L | 39 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 47 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Randy Holt | D | 70 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 275 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Paul MacKinnon | D | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Lee Norwood | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Robbie Moore | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Hicks | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dave Parro | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Calder | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Riggin | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jensen | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1525 | 306 | 502 | 808 | 1309 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 2445 | 12.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jensen | 40 | 2358 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 3.44 | 1140 | 1005 | .882 |
| Pat Riggin | 38 | 2161 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 3.36 | 1015 | 894 | .881 |
| Dave Parro | 6 | 261 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.37 | 127 | 108 | .850 |
| Robbie Moore | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 7 | .875 |
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 276 | 3.45 | 2566 | 2290 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gartner | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Carpenter | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Haworth | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milan Novy | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Laughlin | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Gould | R | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Currie | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Theberge | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Langway | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Jarvis | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Engblom | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Stevens | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Valentine | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Bulley | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Holt | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Riggin | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jensen | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jensen | 3 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 0 | ||
| Pat Riggin | 3 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4.75 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 |
