Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, December 16, 1982 · Met Center
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (16)Ken Houston (10), Brian Engblom (13)1–008:41 WSH- Dennis Maruk (17)Scott Stevens (7), Doug Jarvis (8)2–008:52 WSH
Bobby Gould (9)Brian Engblom (14), Glen Currie (10)3–012:30 WSH
2nd period
Neal Broten (16)Willi Plett (10), Tom McCarthy (26)3–112:12 MNS
Steve Payne (19)Brian Bellows (13), Craig Hartsburg (20)3–215:48 MNS · 
Ken Houston (13)Rod Langway (12), Dennis Maruk (22)4–217:50 WSH
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (14)Dino Ciccarelli (17), Neal Broten (23)4–300:19 MNS
Tim Young (8)Gordie Roberts (15), Brad Maxwell (12)4–419:33 MNS
Team stats
WSHMNS
3226
0%0%
0/41/5
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:22 into the first period
Neal Broten · hooking2 min - 13:07 into the first period
Brian Engblom · hooking2 min - 4:05 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodGlen Currie · high sticking2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 10:09 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodTim Young · slashing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodBrian Engblom · slashing2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 3:44 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · high sticking2 min
- 3:44 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · high sticking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodDan Mandich · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | T | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |