Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 23, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Wednesday, February 23, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 32–30.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Ken Linseman, Rod Langway, Bobby Carpenter, Marc Habscheid, Kevin Lowe, Ken Houston and Jaroslav Pouzar also scored.
Andy Moog made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Linseman (30)Lee Fogolin (14)0–100:23 EDM
Rod Langway (3)Dennis Maruk (40)1–103:35 WSH
Wayne Gretzky (52)Kevin Lowe (29), Jaroslav Pouzar (15)1–207:03 EDM ·
2nd period
Bobby Carpenter (22)Alan Haworth (21), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28)2–200:36 WSH · 
Marc Habscheid (3)Glenn Anderson (40), Paul Coffey (51)2–317:13 EDM
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (53)Randy Gregg (16), Jari Kurri (45)2–401:26 EDM ·
Kevin Lowe (6)Wayne Gretzky (99), Paul Coffey (52)2–502:00 EDM
Ken Houston (22)Brian Engblom (22), Bobby Carpenter (31)3–510:28 WSH · 
Jaroslav Pouzar (14)Paul Coffey (53), Tom Roulston (12)3–619:15 EDM ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
3230
0%0%
2/71/2
2343
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:22 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 17:05 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · holding2 min - 0:28 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodGlen Currie · slashing2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 13:54 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDave Semenko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDave Semenko · fighting5 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDave Semenko · gross misconduct10 min
- 4:03 into the third periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 4:03 into the third periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 9:04 into the third periodPaul Coffey · slashing2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |