1982–83 Washington Capitals season

The 1982–83 Washington Capitals season was the 9th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in their history. They lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Islanders 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 6, 1982 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 9, 1982 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 10, 1982 	4–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 13, 1982 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	2–2–0
5 	L	October 16, 1982 	2–9 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	2–3–0
6 	T	October 20, 1982 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	2–3–1
7 	L	October 21, 1982 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	2–4–1
8 	L	October 23, 1982 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	2–5–1
9 	L	October 27, 1982 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	2–6–1
10 	W	October 30, 1982 	6–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	3–6–1
11 	T	November 3, 1982 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	3–6–2
12 	L	November 5, 1982 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	3–7–2
13 	W	November 7, 1982 	6–2 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	4–7–2
14 	T	November 8, 1982 	2–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	4–7–3
15 	W	November 10, 1982	3–0 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	5–7–3
16 	W	November 13, 1982	3–1 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	6–7–3
17 	W	November 16, 1982	5–3 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	7–7–3
18 	T	November 19, 1982	3–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	7–7–4
19 	L	November 21, 1982	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	7–8–4
20 	L	November 23, 1982	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	7–9–4
21 	T	November 24, 1982	3–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	7–9–5
22 	W	November 26, 1982	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	8–9–5
23 	T	November 28, 1982	3–3 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	8–9–6
24 	W	December 2, 1982 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	9–9–6
25 	W	December 4, 1982 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	10–9–6
26 	T	December 7, 1982 	3–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	10–9–7
27 	W	December 9, 1982 	6–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	11–9–7
28 	T	December 10, 1982	4–4 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	11–9–8
29 	W	December 12, 1982	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	12–9–8
30 	W	December 14, 1982	7–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	13–9–8
31 	T	December 16, 1982	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	13–9–9
32 	W	December 18, 1982	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	14–9–9
33 	W	December 19, 1982	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	15–9–9
34 	W	December 23, 1982	5–1 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	16–9–9
35 	L	December 26, 1982	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	16–10–9
36 	W	December 28, 1982	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	17–10–9
37 	T	December 30, 1982	4–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	17–10–10
38 	L	January 1, 1983 	2–7 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	17–11–10
39 	W	January 2, 1983 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	18–11–10
40 	W	January 5, 1983 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	19–11–10
41 	L	January 6, 1983 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	19–12–10
42 	T	January 8, 1983 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	19–12–11
43 	L	January 11, 1983 	7–9 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	19–13–11
44 	L	January 14, 1983 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	19–14–11
45 	L	January 15, 1983 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	19–15–11
46 	W	January 18, 1983 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	20–15–11
47 	W	January 19, 1983 	6–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	21–15–11
48 	L	January 21, 1983 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	21–16–11
49 	W	January 23, 1983 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	22–16–11
50 	W	January 26, 1983 	6–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	23–16–11
51 	W	January 28, 1983 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	24–16–11
52 	T	January 29, 1983 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	24–16–12
53 	W	February 1, 1983 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	25–16–12
54 	W	February 3, 1983 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	26–16–12
55 	W	February 5, 1983 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	27–16–12
56 	T	February 6, 1983 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	27–16–13
57 	L	February 10, 1983	3–8 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	27–17–13
58 	W	February 13, 1983	6–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	28–17–13
59 	L	February 16, 1983	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	28–18–13
60 	W	February 18, 1983	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	29–18–13
61 	T	February 19, 1983	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	29–18–14
62 	L	February 23, 1983	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	29–19–14
63 	W	February 24, 1983	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	30–19–14
64 	L	February 26, 1983	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	30–20–14
65 	L	March 2, 1983 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	30–21–14
66 	W	March 3, 1983 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	31–21–14
67 	W	March 5, 1983 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	32–21–14
68 	W	March 8, 1983 	5–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	33–21–14
69 	L	March 12, 1983 	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	33–22–14
70 	W	March 13, 1983 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	34–22–14
71 	W	March 16, 1983 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	35–22–14
72 	W	March 17, 1983 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	36–22–14
73 	W	March 20, 1983 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	37–22–14
74 	T	March 23, 1983 	1–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	37–22–15
75 	W	March 24, 1983 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	38–22–15
76 	T	March 26, 1983 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	38–22–16
77 	L	March 27, 1983 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	38–23–16
78 	L	March 30, 1983 	1–7 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	38–24–16
79 	L	April 1, 1983 	7–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	38–25–16
80 	W	April 3, 1983 	3–0 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	39–25–16
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, Washington Capitals 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	31	50	81 	71 	-21	12 	0 	2
 	RW 	73	38	38	76 	54 	-2 	10 	1 	3
 	C 	80	32	37	69 	64 	0 	14 	0 	4
 	RW 	67	22	42	64 	16 	9 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	74	23	27	50 	34 	-5 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	73	18	30	48 	16 	1 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	75	17	27	44 	41 	-7 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	80	22	18	40 	43 	16 	0 	0 	6
 	RW 	71	25	14	39 	93 	-8 	9 	0 	0
 	C 	68	11	28	39 	20 	18 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	77	18	19	37 	52 	15 	0 	1 	6
 	D 	70	8 	28	36 	20 	-3 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	80	3 	29	32 	75 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	80	8 	22	30 	10 	-12	0 	1 	0
 	D 	73	5 	22	27 	59 	-4 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	77	9 	16	25 	195	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	61	1 	17	18 	67 	15 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	23	7 	10	17 	14 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	39	4 	9 	13 	47 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	0 	8 	8 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	0 	8 	8 	275	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	2 	4 	8 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2 	0 	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2358	40	22	12	6 	135	3.44	1
 	2161	38	16	9 	9 	121	3.36	0
 	261 	6 	1 	3 	1 	19 	4.37	0
 	20 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	3.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	39	25	16	276	3.45	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	4 	5	0	5 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	4 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	139	3 	1	2	10	4.32	0
 	101	3 	0	1	8 	4.75	0
Team: 	240	4 	1	3	18	4.50	0
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==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Rod Langway
*Rod Langway, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1982–83 NHL season
==References==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1982–83
Washington Capitals season, 1982–83
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