Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 23, 1982 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Saturday, October 23, 1982 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 35–29.
Ken Solheim scored twice. Bobby Smith and Mike Gartner also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (2)Brad Maxwell (3), Gary Sargent (3)1–017:46 MNS ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (4)Doug Jarvis (1)1–104:24 WSH · 
Ken Solheim (1)Brian Bellows (4)2–118:06 MNS
3rd period
- Ken Solheim (2)Bobby Smith (4), Curt Giles (2)3–110:23 MNS
Team stats
MNSWSH
2935
0%0%
1/31/7
1810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Anders Hakansson · roughing2 min - 4:30 into the first period
Ted Bulley · roughing2 min - 5:51 into the first periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 9:25 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodSteve Payne · slashing2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · interference2 min
- 13:35 into the first periodBrian Bellows · interference2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodDan Mandich · hooking2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodAl MacAdam · elbowing2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodSteve Payne · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodSteve Payne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:05 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Ken SolheimL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |