1982-83 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 39-25-16 - 94 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bryan Murray (39-25-16)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team netted 306 goals and surrendered 283. Mike Gartner scored 38 goals for the squad, while Bob Carpenter and Dennis Maruk tallied 30 or more, too. Dennis Maruk contributed 50 assists. Al Jensen topped the team 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 80 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 71 | -21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 16.8 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 73 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 54 | -2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 269 | 14.1 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 80 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 197 | 16.2 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 67 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 74 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 34 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 15.9 |
| Milan Novy | C | 73 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 13.7 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 75 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 41 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 128 | 13.3 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 80 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 142 | 15.5 |
| Ken Houston | R | 71 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 93 | -8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 18.0 |
| Glen Currie | C | 68 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 20.4 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 77 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 14.3 |
| Greg Theberge | D | 70 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 20 | -3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 5.9 |
| Rod Langway | D | 80 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 8.4 |
| Brian Engblom | D | 73 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 59 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 4.9 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 77 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 195 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 7.4 |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 61 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Chris Valentine | C | 23 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29.2 |
| Ted Bulley | L | 39 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 47 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Randy Holt | D | 70 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 275 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Paul MacKinnon | D | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Lee Norwood | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dave Parro | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Calder | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jensen | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Moore | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Riggin | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Hicks | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1525 | 306 | 502 | 808 | 1309 | 6 | 75 | 3 | 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 | 13 | 1 | 135 | 3.44 | 1140 | 1005 | .882 |
| Pat Riggin | 38 | 2161 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 121 | 3.36 | 1015 | 894 | .881 |
| Dave Parro | 6 | 261 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 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 | 45 | 1 | 276 | 3.45 | 2290 | 2014 | .879 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Maruk | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gartner | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Carpenter | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Haworth | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milan Novy | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Laughlin | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Gould | R | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Currie | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Theberge | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Langway | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Jarvis | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Engblom | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Stevens | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Valentine | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Bulley | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Holt | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jensen | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Riggin | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jensen | 3 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 85 | 75 | .882 |
| Pat Riggin | 3 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.75 | 66 | 58 | .879 |
| Totals | 6 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.50 | 151 | 133 | .881 |
