1981–82 Washington Capitals season

The 1981–82 Washington Capitals season was the 8th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 7, 1981 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 10, 1981 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 11, 1981 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 14, 1981 	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	1–3–0
5 	L	October 15, 1981 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	1–4–0
6 	L	October 17, 1981 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	1–5–0
7 	L	October 21, 1981 	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	1–6–0
8 	L	October 23, 1981 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	1–7–0
9 	L	October 24, 1981 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	1–8–0
10 	L	October 28, 1981 	0–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	1–9–0
11 	L	October 29, 1981 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	1–10–0
12 	L	October 31, 1981 	4–6 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	1–11–0
13 	L	November 4, 1981 	1–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	1–12–0
14 	L	November 7, 1981 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	1–13–0
15 	L	November 11, 1981	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	1–14–0
16 	T	November 13, 1981	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	1–14–1
17 	W	November 14, 1981	4–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	2–14–1
18 	W	November 18, 1981	7–1 	Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	3–14–1
19 	W	November 21, 1981	10–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	4–14–1
20 	W	November 22, 1981	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	5–14–1
21 	T	November 25, 1981	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	5–14–2
22 	W	November 27, 1981	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	6–14–2
23 	L	November 28, 1981	2–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	6–15–2
24 	W	December 2, 1981 	9–3 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	7–15–2
25 	W	December 4, 1981 	7–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	8–15–2
26 	L	December 5, 1981 	4–9 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	8–16–2
27 	L	December 9, 1981 	3–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	8–17–2
28 	W	December 11, 1981	11–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	9–17–2
29 	L	December 12, 1981	4–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	9–18–2
30 	L	December 14, 1981	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	9–19–2
31 	L	December 17, 1981	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	9–20–2
32 	L	December 19, 1981	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	9–21–2
33 	W	December 20, 1981	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	10–21–2
34 	L	December 23, 1981	4–7 	Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	10–22–2
35 	T	December 26, 1981	4–4 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	10–22–3
36 	L	December 27, 1981	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	10–23–3
37 	L	December 30, 1981	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	10–24–3
38 	W	January 2, 1982 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	11–24–3
39 	W	January 3, 1982 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	12–24–3
40 	L	January 5, 1982 	0–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	12–25–3
41 	T	January 7, 1982 	3–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	12–25–4
42 	L	January 9, 1982 	4–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	12–26–4
43 	T	January 13, 1982 	6–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	12–26–5
44 	T	January 16, 1982 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	12–26–6
45 	T	January 17, 1982 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	12–26–7
46 	L	January 20, 1982 	0–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	12–27–7
47 	L	January 23, 1982 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	12–28–7
48 	T	January 24, 1982 	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	12–28–8
49 	L	January 27, 1982 	4–5 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	12–29–8
50 	W	January 30, 1982 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	13–29–8
51 	W	January 31, 1982 	8–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	14–29–8
52 	L	February 2, 1982 	6–7 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	14–30–8
53 	L	February 4, 1982 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	14–31–8
54 	W	February 6, 1982 	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	15–31–8
55 	T	February 7, 1982 	5–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	15–31–9
56 	W	February 11, 1982	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	16–31–9
57 	L	February 12, 1982	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	16–32–9
58 	L	February 14, 1982	3–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	16–33–9
59 	W	February 17, 1982	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	17–33–9
60 	L	February 20, 1982	3–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	17–34–9
61 	W	February 21, 1982	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	18–34–9
62 	W	February 25, 1982	9–1 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	19–34–9
63 	W	February 27, 1982	7–1 	Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	20–34–9
64 	L	February 28, 1982	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	20–35–9
65 	W	March 3, 1982 	8–4 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	21–35–9
66 	W	March 5, 1982 	8–6 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	22–35–9
67 	L	March 7, 1982 	1–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	22–36–9
68 	L	March 10, 1982 	2–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	22–37–9
69 	W	March 13, 1982 	6–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	23–37–9
70 	T	March 14, 1982 	5–5 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	23–37–10
71 	T	March 17, 1982 	6–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	23–37–11
72 	L	March 20, 1982 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	23–38–11
73 	L	March 21, 1982 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	23–39–11
74 	L	March 23, 1982 	1–8 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	23–40–11
75 	W	March 25, 1982 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	24–40–11
76 	T	March 27, 1982 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	24–40–12
77 	L	March 28, 1982 	5–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	24–41–12
78 	T	March 31, 1982 	4–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	24–41–13
79 	W	April 3, 1982 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	25–41–13
80 	W	April 4, 1982 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	26–41–13
==Playoffs==
*The Capitals did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	60	76	136	128	-4 	20 	2 	1
 	C/LW	78	38	49	87 	142	-3 	19 	1 	3
 	RW 	80	35	45	80 	121	-11	5 	2 	5
 	C 	80	32	35	67 	69 	-23	7 	1 	3
 	C 	60	30	37	67 	92 	-15	18 	0 	5
 	RW 	70	26	34	60 	40 	-20	3 	0 	2
 	D 	67	9 	44	53 	54 	-17	5 	0 	1
 	D 	57	5 	32	37 	49 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	60	18	13	31 	69 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	65	3 	25	28 	93 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	3 	22	25 	60 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	74	9 	14	23 	46 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	54	8 	13	21 	204	-1 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	26	7 	10	17 	125	7 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	28	8 	8 	16 	35 	-9 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	43	7 	7 	14 	14 	-2 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	26	1 	12	13 	18 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	2 	10	12 	23 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	44	1 	11	12 	62 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	2 	9 	11 	35 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	2 	6 	8 	250	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	4 	6 	20 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	12	1 	4 	5 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2 	2 	4 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	0 	4 	4 	12 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2 	1 	3 	7 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	1 	2 	3 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	2 	3 	14 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	1 	2 	19 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1 	1 	2 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	26 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	11 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2942	52	16	26	7 	206	4.20	1
 	1274	26	8 	8 	4 	81 	3.81	0
 	584 	11	2 	7 	2 	47 	4.83	0
Team: 	4800	80	26	41	13	334	4.17	1
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1981–82 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1981–82
Washington Capitals season, 1981–82
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