Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 16, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Wednesday, March 16, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 40–32.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Greg Adams, Blaine Stoughton, Bobby Carpenter, Alan Haworth, Doug Sulliman, Mark Johnson and Milan Novy also scored.
Al Jensen made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (9)Risto Siltanen (24)1–003:07 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (40)Paul Lawless (8), Pierre Lacroix (28)2–005:31 HFD
Bobby Carpenter (27)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (34), Alan Haworth (25)2–111:03 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (34)Dennis Maruk (44), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35)2–219:31 WSH
2nd period
Alan Haworth (22)Bobby Carpenter (34), Timo Blomqvist (15)2–304:58 WSH- Mike Gartner (35)Craig Laughlin (25), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (36)2–411:04 WSH ·
Doug Sulliman (22)Ron Francis (56)3–415:58 HFD ·
3rd period
Mark Johnson (28)Unassisted4–400:49 HFD
Milan Novy (16)Rod Langway (25)4–501:55 WSH
Team stats
HFDWSH
3240
0%0%
1/22/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:43 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · slashing2 min - 5:52 into the second period
Brian Engblom · hooking2 min - 9:58 into the second periodEd Hospodar · slashing2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |