Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 3, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 3–1 on Thursday, February 3, 1983 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 19–14.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike Eaves, Ted Bulley and Gaetan Duchesne.
Al Jensen made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 11 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)Bobby Carpenter (27), Alan Haworth (17)0–109:26 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Eaves (11)Craig Hartsburg (31)1–111:06 MNS
3rd period
Ted Bulley (3)Brian Engblom (20), Rod Langway (20)1–201:40 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (14)Bobby Gould (10)1–319:58 WSH ·
Team stats
MNSWSH
1914
0%0%
0/51/6
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Ron Friest · slashing2 min - 2:21 into the first periodRon Friest · fighting5 min
- 2:21 into the first period
Scott Stevens · slashing2 min - 2:21 into the first periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 6:54 into the first periodKen Houston · tripping2 min
- 8:05 into the first periodBrian Bellows · holding2 min
- 13:16 into the first periodJordy Douglas · interference2 min
- 19:18 into the first periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodDan Mandich · interference2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · interference2 min
- 17:14 into the third periodNeal Broten · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 13 | 2 | .846 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |