Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 2, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 11–3 on Wednesday, November 2, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 33–32.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice, Don Jackson scored twice and Paul Coffey scored twice. Alan Haworth, Pat Conacher, Chris Valentine, Glenn Anderson, Randy Gregg, Scott Stevens, Tom Roulston and Pat Hughes also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 7 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (14)Unassisted0–108:31 EDM
Alan Haworth (4)Darren Veitch (2)1–112:55 WSH · 
Pat Conacher (1)Pat Hughes (4), Dave Hunter (6)1–213:12 EDM
Don Jackson (1)Wayne Gretzky (15)1–317:24 EDM
Chris Valentine (1)Dave Christian (9), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)2–317:44 WSH
Glenn Anderson (10)Ken Linseman (7)2–417:51 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (15)Mark Messier (12), Jari Kurri (10)2–519:49 EDM ·
2nd period
Paul Coffey (5)Jaroslav Pouzar (1), Wayne Gretzky (16)2–601:54 EDM
Randy Gregg (1)Mark Messier (13)2–713:06 EDM
3rd period
Scott Stevens (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10), Dave Christian (10)3–702:09 WSH
Tom Roulston (4)Willy Lindstrom (2), Paul Coffey (11)3–808:39 EDM- Don Jackson (2)Wayne Gretzky (17), Jari Kurri (11)3–915:40 EDM
Pat Hughes (5)Dave Hunter (7), Pat Conacher (3)3–1017:25 EDM- Paul Coffey (6)Unassisted3–1118:08 EDM
Team stats
WSHEDM
3332
0%0%
1/51/2
1117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:29 into the first period
Dave Semenko · tripping2 min - 11:07 into the first periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 11:07 into the first period
Bobby Gould · fighting5 min - 19:06 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · hooking2 min
- 7:49 into the second periodPat Hughes · slashing2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodPaul Coffey · high sticking2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodPat Conacher · high sticking2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodPat Conacher · holding2 min
- 19:23 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 19 | 5 | .737 | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 13 | 6 | .538 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat ConacherL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |