Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 16, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Wednesday, February 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 31–22.
Goals came from Anders Hedberg, Scott Stevens, Eddie Johnstone, Craig Laughlin, Barry Beck, Mikko Leinonen, Mark Pavelich, Brian Engblom and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson.
Eddie Mio made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Hedberg (18)Robbie Ftorek (17), Eddie Johnstone (10)0–104:59 NYR · 
Scott Stevens (5)Timo Blomqvist (11), Milan Novy (28)1–112:44 WSH
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (8)Reijo Ruotsalainen (36)1–200:45 NYR
Craig Laughlin (15)Darren Veitch (7), Bobby Carpenter (30)2–215:22 WSH ·
3rd period
Barry Beck (8)Don Maloney (28), Bill Baker (13)2–304:39 NYR
Mikko Leinonen (12)Dave Maloney (33), Eddie Mio (2)2–410:38 NYR · 
Mark Pavelich (22)Reijo Ruotsalainen (37), Barry Beck (14)2–512:30 NYR
Brian Engblom (5)Ken Houston (12), Dennis Maruk (36)3–516:12 WSH · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Darren Veitch (8), Craig Laughlin (22)4–519:39 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3122
0%0%
2/72/4
1219
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Robbie Ftorek · holding2 min - 3:58 into the first period
Bobby Gould · high sticking2 min - 17:20 into the first periodBill Baker · holding2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodTed Bulley · holding2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodRandy Holt · charging2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodBill Baker · holding2 min
- 15:02 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · spearing5 min
- 15:59 into the second periodDennis Maruk · slashing2 min
- 6:37 into the third periodMikko Leinonen · interference2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodRobbie Ftorek · holding2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodDon Maloney · interference2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodChris Kontos · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |