New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 1, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 7–2 on Saturday, January 1, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 28–19.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Kent-Erik Andersson, Dennis Maruk, Andre Dore, Greg Theberge, Chris Kontos, Dave Maloney and Mikko Leinonen also scored.
Eddie Mio made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (11)Reijo Ruotsalainen (21), Barry Beck (10)1–011:20 NYR
Kent-Erik Andersson (5)Robbie Ftorek (7), Dave Maloney (23)2–018:00 NYR
Dennis Maruk (19)Mike Gartner (18), Milan Novy (21)2–118:26 WSH
2nd period
Andre Dore (3)Mark Pavelich (16), Ron Duguay (16)3–101:21 NYR
Greg Theberge (3)Brian Engblom (16), Chris Valentine (2)3–213:05 WSH · - Ron Duguay (12)Reijo Ruotsalainen (22), Mark Pavelich (17)4–219:48 NYR
3rd period
Chris Kontos (1)Robbie Ftorek (8)5–204:50 NYR
Dave Maloney (6)Robbie Ftorek (9), Don Maloney (19)6–207:36 NYR · 
Mikko Leinonen (7)Robbie Ftorek (10), Dave Maloney (24)7–212:44 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2819
0%0%
0/41/6
3721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Barry Beck · high sticking2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Randy Holt · hooking2 min - 19:38 into the first periodRob McClanahan · elbowing2 min
- 19:38 into the first periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 7:03 into the second periodRandy Holt · cross checking2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodAndre Dore · interference2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodBarry Beck · game misconduct10 min
- 11:44 into the second periodEddie Mio · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodDennis Maruk · interference2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodMike Allison · fighting5 min
- 1:55 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 6:27 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · roughing2 min
- 10:26 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · tripping2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodRob McClanahan · slashing2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 18:47 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing double minor4 min
- 18:47 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |