Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 16, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Wednesday, November 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 35–28.
Goals came from Reijo Ruotsalainen, Chris Valentine, Don Maloney, Anders Hedberg and Mark Osborne.
Glen Hanlon made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)Anders Hedberg (10), Mark Pavelich (14)0–107:14 NYR
Chris Valentine (3)Larry Murphy (6), Dave Christian (14)1–108:39 WSH ·
2nd period
Don Maloney (9)Mike Rogers (15)1–209:39 NYR
3rd period
Anders Hedberg (8)Mark Pavelich (15)1–305:38 NYR
Mark Osborne (8)Unassisted1–419:46 NYR ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2835
0%0%
1/70/5
1923
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:46 into the first period
Mike Blaisdell · interference2 min - 6:02 into the first period
Bobby Gould · hooking2 min - 6:16 into the first periodDave Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodWillie Huber · interference2 min
- 9:24 into the first periodDave Shand · holding2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodRob McClanahan · fighting5 min
- 13:56 into the first periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the first periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 1:43 into the second periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodGlen Hanlon · slashing2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodDon Maloney · slashing2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · tripping2 min
- 10:51 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodScott Stevens · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:47 into the third periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodDave Christian · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |