Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, October 13, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, October 13, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 29–27.
Mark Pavelich scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Doug Jarvis, Rod Langway, Anders Hedberg and Dave Maloney also scored.
Steve Weeks made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Dave Shand (1), Dave Christian (4)1–002:09 WSH
Mark Pavelich (2)Mike Rogers (3)1–104:01 NYR · 
Doug Jarvis (1)Glen Currie (2)2–112:58 WSH · - Mark Pavelich (3)Willie Huber (2)2–218:04 NYR
2nd period
Rod Langway (2)Dave Shand (2), Bobby Carpenter (3)3–217:32 WSH
3rd period
Anders Hedberg (2)Mark Pavelich (3), Jan Erixon (1)3–310:00 NYR
Dave Maloney (3)Mike Rogers (4)3–411:24 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2729
0%0%
0/60/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · tripping2 min - 10:32 into the first periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 11:29 into the first period
Darren Veitch · holding2 min - 15:53 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 0:38 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · hooking2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · roughing double minor4 min
- 12:14 into the second periodBrian Engblom · elbowing2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodBrian Engblom · roughing2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodPaul MacKinnon · holding2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodMark Osborne · holding2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 35Al JensenG | 8 | 2 | .750 |
New York Rangers
| 16Mark PavelichC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |