Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 7–5 on Wednesday, December 7, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 41–27.
Goals came from Doug Jarvis, Pierre Larouche, Mark Pavelich, Don Maloney, Alan Haworth, Mike Rogers, Jan Erixon, Bobby Carpenter, Anders Hedberg, Craig Laughlin, Willie Huber and Mike Gartner.
Glen Hanlon made 36 saves on 41 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Jarvis (5)Mike Gartner (14), Bobby Carpenter (12)1–002:25 WSH
Pierre Larouche (19)Don Maloney (20), Willie Huber (11)1–107:58 NYR · 
Mark Pavelich (11)Anders Hedberg (12), Mark Osborne (9)1–210:33 NYR · 
Don Maloney (14)Pierre Larouche (17), Ron Greschner (18)1–312:40 NYR
Alan Haworth (10)Dave Christian (21), Craig Laughlin (9)2–318:58 WSH
2nd period
Mike Rogers (14)Barry Beck (9), Kent-Erik Andersson (6)2–400:22 NYR
Jan Erixon (3)Mike Rogers (22), Dave Maloney (16)2–505:25 NYR
Bobby Carpenter (7)Mike Gartner (15), Darren Veitch (9)3–505:55 WSH
Anders Hedberg (13)Ron Greschner (19), Mark Pavelich (24)3–615:02 NYR · 
Craig Laughlin (6)Larry Murphy (15), Rod Langway (7)4–617:36 WSH
3rd period
Willie Huber (3)Jan Erixon (7), Barry Beck (10)4–715:26 NYR · 
Mike Gartner (16)Timo Blomqvist (4)5–717:36 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
4127
0%0%
0/43/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:14 into the first period
Rod Langway · tripping2 min - 8:42 into the first periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 14:57 into the first period
Dave Maloney · roughing2 min - 3:41 into the second periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodDave Maloney · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodChris Valentine · slashing2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 13:47 into the third periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 41 | 5 | .878 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |