Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 1983 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 on Sunday, March 20, 1983 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 31–27.
Goals came from Ray Allison, Mike Gartner, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Craig Laughlin and John Paul Evans.
Pat Riggin made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pelle Lindbergh stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Allison (20)Behn Wilson (23)0–117:04 PHI
Mike Gartner (36)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (37), Dennis Maruk (46)1–118:55 WSH
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)Scott Stevens (16)2–107:10 WSH
Craig Laughlin (16)Greg Theberge (27), Bobby Carpenter (35)3–110:07 WSH · 
John Paul Evans (7)Bill Barber (31), Mark Howe (42)3–213:12 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
2731
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Lindsay Carson · elbowing2 min - 9:34 into the first periodGlen Cochrane · holding2 min
- 11:03 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · cross checking2 min - 19:27 into the first periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 9:06 into the second periodIlkka Sinisalo · hooking2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodJohn Paul Evans · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John Paul EvansC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Miroslav DvorakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pelle LindberghG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 35Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – |