Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 2, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, March 2, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 30–26.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Milan Novy, Dave Lumley, Charlie Huddy, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Alan Haworth, Glenn Anderson and Wayne Gretzky.
Andy Moog made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (42)Marc Habscheid (8), Glenn Anderson (42)1–004:40 EDM
Milan Novy (14)Greg Theberge (24), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (31)1–109:34 WSH ·
2nd period
Dave Lumley (9)Tom Roulston (13), Jaroslav Pouzar (16)2–102:57 EDM
Charlie Huddy (18)Glenn Anderson (43), Marc Habscheid (9)3–105:57 EDM
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)Rod Langway (23), Mike Gartner (33)3–210:09 WSH
3rd period
Alan Haworth (19)Bobby Carpenter (32), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (32)3–309:19 WSH
Glenn Anderson (42)Wayne Gretzky (102), Mark Messier (53)4–314:23 EDM · 
Wayne Gretzky (56)Paul Coffey (58), Jari Kurri (47)5–319:29 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMWSH
3026
0%0%
1/31/4
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Dave Lumley · high sticking2 min - 7:54 into the first periodDennis Maruk · charging2 min
- 9:20 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodDave Semenko · roughing double minor4 min
- 7:19 into the second periodKen Houston · high sticking2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodKen Houston · roughing2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodMilan Novy · tripping2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodPaul Coffey · hooking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodPat Hughes · interference2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:13 into the third periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |