Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 26, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Monday, December 26, 1983 at Capital Centre.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Rick MacLeish, Rich Sutter, Mark Howe, Gaetan Duchesne, Craig Laughlin, Bobby Gould, Tim Kerr and Ilkka Sinisalo.
Bob Froese made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (12)Mike Gartner (18), Gary McAdam (5)0–104:55 WSH
Rick MacLeish (8)Brad Marsh (8), Bobby Clarke (22)1–111:57 PHI
Rich Sutter (10)Ron Sutter (16)2–112:46 PHI
Mark Howe (7)Rick MacLeish (14), Glen Cochrane (14)3–119:50 PHI
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (7)Glen Currie (12)3–206:30 WSH
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (9)Dave Christian (27), Doug Jarvis (15)3–311:03 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (10)Unassisted3–411:37 WSH
Tim Kerr (25)Unassisted4–414:38 PHI
Ilkka Sinisalo (14)Thomas Eriksson (7)5–415:22 PHI
Team stats
PHIWSH
2525
0%0%
0/21/4
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:54 into the first period
Ron Sutter · interference2 min - 3:45 into the second periodRon Sutter · boarding2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodRay Allison · high sticking2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodRay Allison · fighting5 min
- 7:39 into the second period
Gaetan Duchesne · fighting5 min - 1:13 into the third periodDave Shand · hooking2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodIlkka Sinisalo · slashing2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodMike Gartner · cross checking2 min
- 9:25 into the third periodRick MacLeish · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodBrad Marsh · roughing2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodBrad Marsh · fighting5 min
- 10:44 into the third periodMike Gartner · elbowing2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 21Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Miroslav DvorakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pelle LindberghG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Bob FroeseG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 35Al JensenG | 7 | 3 | .571 |