Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Thursday, March 17, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 40–23.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Mike Krushelnyski also scored.
Pat Riggin made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20)Rod Langway (26), Greg Theberge (26)1–012:44 WSH
2nd period
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (21)Dennis Maruk (45), Mike Gartner (35)2–011:00 WSH
Mike Krushelnyski (20)Barry Pederson (52), Ray Bourque (46)2–118:10 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
2340
0%0%
0/00/2
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:19 into the first period
Mike Milbury · elbowing2 min - 9:19 into the first periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 9:19 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · roughing double minor4 min - 2:45 into the second periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodAlan Haworth · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 40 | 1 | .975 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |