Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, January 26, 1983 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Wednesday, January 26, 1983 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 33–22.
Goals came from Dennis Maruk, Bobby Carpenter, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Alan Haworth, Glen Currie, Pat Boutette, Greg Theberge and Paul Gardner.
Pat Riggin made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 11 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (26)Mike Gartner (30), Rod Langway (15)1–005:11 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (18)Craig Laughlin (15), Alan Haworth (15)2–005:32 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11)Dennis Maruk (32), Brian Engblom (19)3–008:03 WSH
Alan Haworth (10)Unassisted4–013:41 WSH
Glen Currie (5)Gaetan Duchesne (12), Rod Langway (16)5–014:43 WSH
2nd period
Pat Boutette (21)Paul Gardner (21), Rick Kehoe (25)5–117:55 PIT ·
3rd period
Greg Theberge (6)Bobby Carpenter (24), Dennis Maruk (33)6–100:40 WSH · 
Paul Gardner (8)Paul Baxter (18), Randy Boyd (5)6–205:16 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3322
0%0%
1/42/5
2435
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:13 into the first period
Marc Chorney · interference2 min - 6:19 into the second period
Randy Holt · roughing2 min - 15:58 into the second periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
- 15:58 into the second periodKen Houston · roughing2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodKen Houston · fighting5 min
- 18:18 into the second periodRon Meighan · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBennett Wolf · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBennett Wolf · game misconduct10 min
- 4:58 into the third periodKen Houston · slashing2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 8:59 into the third periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ron MeighanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 16 | 5 | .688 |
| 29Michel DionG | 17 | 1 | .941 |