Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, December 28, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 29–21.
Scott Stevens scored twice. Ivan Boldirev, Steve Yzerman and John Ogrodnick also scored.
Eddie Mio made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
2nd period
Scott Stevens (3)Alan Haworth (10)0–112:49 WSH · 
Ivan Boldirev (12)John Ogrodnick (24)1–113:54 DET
Steve Yzerman (24)John Ogrodnick (25), Randy Ladouceur (7)2–119:43 DET
3rd period
- Scott Stevens (4)Dave Christian (28), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (23)2–217:50 WSH ·
Overtime
John Ogrodnick (23)Claude Loiselle (1)3–203:55 DET
Team stats
DETWSH
2129
0%0%
0/32/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Reed Larson · interference2 min - 5:00 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · tripping2 min - 12:23 into the first periodRon Duguay · high sticking2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · tripping2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · interference2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 2:22 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · cross checking2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodIvan Boldirev · hooking2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 17:06 into the third periodColin Campbell · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |