Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, February 17, 1982 · The Forum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Wednesday, February 17, 1982 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Capitals 37–25.
Goals came from Lee Norwood, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dave Taylor, Chris Valentine, Mike Gartner, Larry Murphy and Dennis Maruk.
Al Jensen made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 11 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Lee Norwood (1)Darren Veitch (26), Bobby Gould (7)1–007:50 WSH
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Darren Veitch (27)2–005:08 WSH
Dave Taylor (31)Marcel Dionne (52), Charlie Simmer (14)2–106:01 LAK
Chris Valentine (16)Dennis Maruk (52), Darren Veitch (28)3–117:59 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (25)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22), Bobby Carpenter (27)4–118:50 WSH
3rd period
Larry Murphy (19)Jim Fox (29), Al Hangsleben (7)4–216:05 LAK
Dennis Maruk (47)Ryan Walter (36), Bobby Gould (8)5–219:59 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHLAK
2537
0%0%
1/20/5
159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:10 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · holding2 min - 17:09 into the first periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 7:41 into the second period
Dan Bonar · tripping2 min - 11:12 into the second periodRick Green · tripping2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodDan Bonar · interference2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodRick Green · holding2 min
- 6:08 into the third periodIan Turnbull · fighting5 min
- 6:08 into the third periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 13:19 into the third periodGlen Currie · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 15 | 4 | .733 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |