Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1983 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 on Saturday, December 17, 1983 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 37–25.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. John Anderson and Glen Currie also scored.
Al Jensen made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 34 of 36.
Scoring
3rd period
John Anderson (19)Unassisted0–106:06 TOR
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)Scott Stevens (6), Bobby Carpenter (14)1–107:33 WSH
Glen Currie (6)Dave Shand (9), Bobby Gould (3)2–112:54 WSH · - Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)Dave Christian (23)3–119:32 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHTOR
3725
0%0%
0/50/4
2624
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:24 into the first period
Gary Leeman · interference2 min - 5:00 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 5:53 into the first period
Al Jensen · delaying game2 min - 6:59 into the first periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min
- 9:53 into the first periodPeter Andersson · holding2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodGreg Terrion · high sticking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodGreg Terrion · fighting5 min
- 17:41 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · high sticking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 18:28 into the first periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodAl Jensen · tripping2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodPat Graham · high sticking2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodPat Graham · fighting5 min
- 6:14 into the second periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
- 12:14 into the second periodAlan Haworth · tripping2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodBilly Harris · holding2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodRick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 30Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |