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1982–83 Washington Capitals season
NHL hockey team 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.
Quick Facts Washington Capitals, Division ...
| 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 |
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| General manager | David Poile |
| Coach | Bryan Murray |
| Captain | Rod Langway |
| Alternate captains | None |
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Final standings
More information GP, W ...
| 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 |
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[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
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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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Playoffs
Main article: 1983 Stanley Cup 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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Regular season
- Scoring
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| 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 |
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- Goaltending
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| 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 |
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Playoffs
- Scoring
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| 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 |
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- Goaltending
More information Player, MIN ...
| 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 |
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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;
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Washington's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
More information Round, # ...
| 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) |
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- "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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- "1982–83 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.