Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 26, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Saturday, February 26, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 32–27.
Ryan Walter scored twice. Ric Nattress, Scott Stevens and Keith Acton also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Nattress (1)Unassisted0–109:44 MTL
Scott Stevens (6)Glen Currie (23), Bobby Gould (13)1–116:31 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Walter (24)Larry Robinson (33), Steve Shutt (17)1–208:34 MTL ·
3rd period
Keith Acton (20)Guy Lafleur (43), Craig Ludwig (21)1–301:10 MTL- Ryan Walter (25)Gilbert Delorme (17)1–419:03 MTL ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
2732
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 17:15 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
- 19:36 into the first period
Rick Green · holding2 min - 7:40 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 14:24 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 16:58 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |