Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 29, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–1 on Saturday, October 29, 1983 at Met Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 31–28.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Dave Christian, Gaetan Duchesne, Neal Broten, Scott Stevens and Craig Laughlin also scored.
Al Jensen made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jim Craig stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (2)Craig Laughlin (4), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)1–000:51 WSH · 
Gaetan Duchesne (3)Mike Gartner (3), Doug Jarvis (4)2–003:42 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Dave Christian (6), Dave Shand (3)3–017:41 WSH
2nd period
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)Bryan Erickson (1)4–002:38 WSH
Neal Broten (4)Dennis Maruk (8), Dino Ciccarelli (2)4–104:45 MNS · 
Scott Stevens (1)Bobby Carpenter (5)5–114:10 WSH ·
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (3)Alan Haworth (1), Dave Christian (7)6–119:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHMNS
3128
0%0%
2/61/6
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Craig Levie · holding2 min - 4:41 into the first period
Paul MacKinnon · interference2 min - 9:54 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the first periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodDennis Maruk · high sticking2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodWilli Plett · elbowing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 15:26 into the first periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 17:56 into the second periodAl Jensen · high sticking2 min
- 1:22 into the third periodNeal Broten · roughing2 min
- 1:22 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 10:39 into the third periodWilli Plett · interference2 min
- 13:52 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 30Jim CraigG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |