Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, December 4, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 27–18.
Goals came from Craig Laughlin, Bruce Crowder, Peter McNab, Tom Fergus and Rick Middleton.
Pete Peeters made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (5)Gary McAdam (2), Larry Murphy (14)0–103:42 WSH
Bruce Crowder (5)Unassisted1–108:22 BOS
3rd period
Peter McNab (7)Mike O'connell (16), Gord Kluzak (8)2–105:44 BOS · 
Tom Fergus (12)Nevin Markwart (6), Ray Bourque (15)3–108:41 BOS
Rick Middleton (14)Mike O'connell (17), Barry Pederson (27)4–119:48 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSWSH
2718
0%0%
1/40/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:53 into the first period
Peter McNab · hooking2 min - 4:02 into the second period
Scott Stevens · holding2 min - 13:28 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodDave Christian · tripping2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodLuc Dufour · holding2 min
- 10:55 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · interference2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 16:24 into the third periodBruce Crowder · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |