Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, October 6, 1983 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 32–31.
Goals came from Alan Haworth, Rick MacLeish, Lindsay Carson, Bobby Clarke and Brian Propp.
Pelle Lindbergh made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (1)Dave Christian (1), Bobby Carpenter (1)1–019:07 WSH
2nd period
Rick MacLeish (1)Doug Crossman (1), Mark Howe (1)1–101:27 PHI · 
Lindsay Carson (1)Mark Howe (2), Bobby Clarke (1)1–215:33 PHI
3rd period
Bobby Clarke (1)Mark Howe (3), Lindsay Carson (1)1–300:18 PHI
Brian Propp (1)Ray Allison (1), Ron Sutter (1)1–418:32 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
3231
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:14 into the first period
Brian Engblom · tripping2 min - 17:03 into the first period
Paul Holmgren · elbowing2 min - 19:49 into the first periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodKen Houston · hooking2 min
- 4:37 into the third periodThomas Eriksson · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pelle LindberghG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
| 35Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – |