Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 4, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime on Friday, November 4, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 36–24.
Darcy Rota scored twice and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Tony Tanti, Mike Gartner, Patrik Sundstrom, Larry Murphy and Darren Veitch also scored.
Al Jensen made 7 saves on 7 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Darcy Rota (12)Jiri Bubla (14), Thomas Gradin (15)1–014:15 VAN
Tony Tanti (15)Kevin McCarthy (11), Patrik Sundstrom (14)2–014:56 VAN
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Mike Gartner (5), Dave Christian (11)2–102:12 WSH
Mike Gartner (8)Dave Shand (4), Bobby Carpenter (6)2–204:37 WSH- Darcy Rota (13)Stan Smyl (9), Thomas Gradin (16)3–210:01 VAN
Patrik Sundstrom (8)Tony Tanti (11), Dave Williams (3)4–210:26 VAN
3rd period
Larry Murphy (2)Rod Langway (3)4–305:11 WSH
Darren Veitch (2)Bobby Carpenter (7), Dave Christian (12)4–406:30 WSH ·
Overtime
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Dave Christian (13), Alan Haworth (3)4–501:01 WSH
Team stats
VANWSH
2436
0%0%
0/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Tony Tanti · tripping2 min - 8:48 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 18:56 into the first periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodStan Smyl · slashing2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodThomas Gradin · interference2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodPatrik Sundstrom · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 17 | 4 | .765 | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |