Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Tuesday, March 8, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 29–27.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Alan Haworth, Gaetan Duchesne, Don Lever, Jan Ludvig, Aaron Broten and Jeff Larmer also scored.
Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 21 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (19)Unassisted1–000:17 WSH
Alan Haworth (20)Ken Houston (14)2–002:56 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (25)Rod Langway (24), Ted Bulley (9)3–010:55 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (16)Bobby Gould (14)4–012:11 WSH
2nd period
Don Lever (22)Bob MacMillan (24), Hector Marini (25)4–112:26 NJD
Jan Ludvig (6)Rob Palmer (9), Bob MacMillan (25)4–218:07 NJD
3rd period
- Bobby Carpenter (26)Chris Valentine (9), Timo Blomqvist (12)5–207:12 WSH
Aaron Broten (12)Bob Lorimer (9), Paul Gagne (8)5–315:40 NJD
Jeff Larmer (17)Paul Gagne (9), Aaron Broten (29)5–419:51 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2927
0%0%
0/10/1
99
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:34 into the first period
Paul MacKinnon · interference2 min - 4:31 into the second period
Mike Moher · high sticking2 min - 4:31 into the second periodMike Moher · fighting5 min
- 4:31 into the second periodDoug Hicks · high sticking2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodDoug Hicks · fighting5 min
- 9:47 into the second periodSteve Tambellini · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike MoherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 7 | 4 | .429 | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 22 | 1 | .955 |