Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 4, 1982 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Saturday, December 4, 1982 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 30–29.
Goals came from Rich Preston, Dennis Maruk, Bobby Carpenter, Gaetan Duchesne, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Al Secord.
Pat Riggin made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rich Preston (13)Denis Cyr (2), Doug Crossman (14)1–011:37 CHI
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (11)Bobby Carpenter (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)1–100:41 WSH · 
Bobby Carpenter (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15), Greg Theberge (6)1–209:15 WSH · 
Gaetan Duchesne (5)Bobby Gould (2), Glen Currie (7)1–313:12 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Craig Laughlin (7), Ted Bulley (3)1–413:35 WSH
3rd period
Al Secord (22)Doug Crossman (15), Tom Lysiak (15)2–415:20 CHI ·
Team stats
CHIWSH
2930
0%0%
1/52/8
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:45 into the first period
Doug Wilson · interference2 min - 12:59 into the first period
Glen Currie · holding2 min - 19:15 into the first periodSteve Ludzik · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodDave Feamster · holding2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodDoug Wilson · interference2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodGreg Theberge · holding2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodDave Feamster · tripping2 min
- 16:58 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 14:37 into the third periodGreg Fox · elbowing2 min
- 14:37 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodDenis Savard · tripping2 min
- 17:58 into the third periodGreg Theberge · delaying game2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodKeith Brown · delaying game2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Denis CyrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |