Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, December 9, 1982 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–4 on Thursday, December 9, 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 30–26.
Milan Novy scored twice and Mike Gartner scored twice. Joel Quenneville, Bobby Carpenter, Ken Houston, Don Lever, Jan Ludvig and Rick Meagher also scored.
Pat Riggin made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Shawn MacKenzie stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Joel Quenneville (2)Garry Howatt (4), Glenn Merkosky (7)0–103:10 NJD
Bobby Carpenter (11)Mike Gartner (12), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)1–105:24 WSH · 
Ken Houston (11)Dennis Maruk (18), Rod Langway (10)2–111:11 WSH
Milan Novy (7)Greg Theberge (8)3–114:05 WSH
Don Lever (12)Hector Marini (12), Murray Brumwell (6)3–215:12 NJD
Jan Ludvig (3)Brent Ashton (10)3–318:26 NJD
3rd period
- Milan Novy (8)Bobby Carpenter (12), Mike Gartner (13)4–302:46 WSH
Rick Meagher (9)Hector Marini (13), Tapio Levo (22)4–407:32 NJD · 
Mike Gartner (16)Brian Engblom (11), Dennis Maruk (19)5–409:57 WSH- Mike Gartner (17)Greg Theberge (9)6–413:14 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
3026
0%0%
2/61/4
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · tripping2 min - 6:52 into the first periodDon Lever · holding2 min
- 11:01 into the first periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the first periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 15:04 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · holding2 min - 15:04 into the first periodAlan Haworth · slashing2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodBob Lorimer · slashing2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodMike Kitchen · slashing2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodKen Houston · slashing2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodGreg Theberge · holding2 min
- 9:42 into the third periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 9:42 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodMurray Brumwell · holding2 min
- 15:21 into the third periodSteve Tambellini · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 88Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Shawn MacKenzieG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |