Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, January 5, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Wednesday, January 5, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 24–22.
Goals came from Reggie Leach, Doug Jarvis, Bobby Carpenter, Bobby Gould, Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner and Dwight Foster.
Al Jensen made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Corrado Micalef stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Reggie Leach (8)Jim Schoenfeld (3), Murray Craven (1)0–107:47 DET
Doug Jarvis (4)Dennis Maruk (29), Greg Theberge (16)1–111:31 WSH
2nd period
Bobby Carpenter (14)Mike Gartner (22), Chris Valentine (4)2–118:01 WSH ·
3rd period
Bobby Gould (14)Glen Currie (14), Randy Holt (5)3–102:40 WSH
Alan Haworth (6)Craig Laughlin (11), Ted Bulley (6)4–110:50 WSH
Mike Gartner (24)Bobby Carpenter (20), Milan Novy (23)5–111:16 WSH
Dwight Foster (10)Jim Schoenfeld (4)5–212:44 DET
Team stats
WSHDET
2422
0%0%
1/50/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:58 into the first period
Murray Craven · holding2 min - 17:12 into the first periodReed Larson · elbowing2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodMark Lofthouse · holding2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodDerek Smith · holding2 min
- 18:31 into the second period
Randy Holt · hooking2 min - 18:31 into the second periodRandy Holt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 6:58 into the third periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 6:58 into the third periodBrian Engblom · roughing2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodTed Bulley · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |