Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, March 27, 1983 · Madison Square Garden

4–5

29–42

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Sunday, March 27, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 42–29.

Chris Valentine scored twice and Mark Pavelich scored twice. Milan Novy, Gaetan Duchesne, Anders Hedberg, Mike Allison and Reijo Ruotsalainen also scored.

Eddie Mio made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 37 of 42.

Goals
WSH	2	2	0	4	29
NYR	1	2	2	5	42

Scoring

1st period

Milan Novy (18)Unassisted1–002:43 WSH
Chris Valentine (6)Bobby Carpenter (36), Gaetan Duchesne (18)2–008:16 WSH
Mark Pavelich (34)Anders Hedberg (33), Barry Beck (22)2–118:39 NYR

2nd period

Gaetan Duchesne (17)Bobby Carpenter (37)3–102:58 WSH
Anders Hedberg (24)Rob McClanahan (23), Reijo Ruotsalainen (50)3–205:15 NYR
Mike Allison (10)Mikko Leinonen (34), Reijo Ruotsalainen (51)3–317:04 NYR ·
Chris Valentine (7)Unassisted4–317:40 WSH

3rd period

Reijo Ruotsalainen (14)Eddie Johnstone (19)4–404:38 NYR
Mark Pavelich (35)Rob McClanahan (24), Anders Hedberg (34)4–506:06 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

2942

0%0%

0/31/3

Penalties

11:28 into the first periodRandy Holt · cross checking2 min
19:50 into the first periodReijo Ruotsalainen · holding2 min
13:29 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
15:45 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
19:44 into the second periodGlen Currie · hooking2 min
5:54 into the third periodMike Allison · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Bobby CarpenterC	0	2	2	+3	4	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	–	–
28Chris ValentineC	2	0	2	+3	2	0	–	–
66Milan NovyC	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
12Glen CurrieC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19Ken HoustonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
21Dennis MarukC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
4Randy HoltD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
9Brian EngblomD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Greg ThebergeD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Al JensenG	L	42	37	5	.881	58:42

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

15Anders HedbergR	1	2	3	+2	6	0	–	–
29Reijo RuotsalainenD	1	2	3	+2	4	2	–	–
9Rob McClanahanC	0	2	2	+2	6	0	–	–
40Mark PavelichC	2	0	2	+2	4	2	–	–
14Mike AllisonR	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–
17Eddie JohnstoneR	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
28Mikko LeinonenL	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
5Barry BeckD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	–	–
3Scot KleinendorstC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
10Ron DuguayC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
21Mike BackmanR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
22Nick FotiuL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
23Chris KontosC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Kent-Erik AnderssonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Tom LaidlawD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
6Bill BakerD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
26Dave MaloneyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Eddie MioG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00