1983–84 Washington Capitals season

The 1983–84 Washington Capitals season was the 10th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 6, 1983 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 8, 1983 	7–8 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	0–2–0
3 	L	October 9, 1983 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	0–3–0
4 	L	October 13, 1983 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	0–4–0
5 	L	October 14, 1983 	0–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	0–5–0
6 	L	October 16, 1983 	2–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	0–6–0
7 	L	October 19, 1983 	0–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	0–7–0
8 	W	October 22, 1983 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	1–7–0
9 	W	October 25, 1983 	1–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	2–7–0
10 	W	October 26, 1983 	2–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	3–7–0
11 	W	October 29, 1983 	6–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–7–0
12 	W	October 30, 1983 	7–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	5–7–0
13 	L	November 2, 1983 	3–11 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	5–8–0
14 	W	November 4, 1983 	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	6–8–0
15 	W	November 6, 1983 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	7–8–0
16 	L	November 9, 1983 	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	7–9–0
17 	W	November 12, 1983	7–4 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	8–9–0
18 	L	November 13, 1983	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	8–10–0
19 	L	November 16, 1983	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	8–11–0
20 	W	November 18, 1983	7–1 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	9–11–0
21 	L	November 19, 1983	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	9–12–0
22 	T	November 23, 1983	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	9–12–1
23 	W	November 25, 1983	3–1 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	10–12–1
24 	W	November 26, 1983	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	11–12–1
25 	L	November 29, 1983	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	11–13–1
26 	W	December 1, 1983 	8–4 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	12–13–1
27 	T	December 2, 1983 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	12–13–2
28 	L	December 4, 1983 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	12–14–2
29 	L	December 7, 1983 	5–7 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	12–15–2
30 	W	December 8, 1983 	4–3 	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	13–15–2
31 	W	December 10, 1983	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	14–15–2
32 	L	December 15, 1983	4–9 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	14–16–2
33 	W	December 17, 1983	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	15–16–2
34 	W	December 18, 1983	5–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	16–16–2
35 	L	December 22, 1983	1–6 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	16–17–2
36 	W	December 23, 1983	7–3 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	17–17–2
37 	L	December 26, 1983	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	17–18–2
38 	L	December 28, 1983	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	17–19–2
39 	W	December 31, 1983	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	18–19–2
40 	T	January 2, 1984 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	18–19–3
41 	W	January 5, 1984 	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	19–19–3
42 	L	January 7, 1984 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	19–20–3
43 	W	January 8, 1984 	7–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	20–20–3
44 	W	January 11, 1984 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	21–20–3
45 	W	January 13, 1984 	6–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	22–20–3
46 	L	January 15, 1984 	2–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	22–21–3
47 	W	January 17, 1984 	8–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	23–21–3
48 	W	January 20, 1984 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	24–21–3
49 	W	January 21, 1984 	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	25–21–3
50 	T	January 25, 1984 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	25–21–4
51 	W	January 27, 1984 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	26–21–4
52 	W	January 28, 1984 	8–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	27–21–4
53 	W	February 2, 1984 	2–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	28–21–4
54 	W	February 3, 1984 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	29–21–4
55 	W	February 5, 1984 	9–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	30–21–4
56 	W	February 8, 1984 	6–1 	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	31–21–4
57 	W	February 11, 1984	6–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	32–21–4
58 	W	February 13, 1984	4–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	33–21–4
59 	W	February 16, 1984	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	34–21–4
60 	W	February 18, 1984	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	35–21–4
61 	L	February 19, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	35–22–4
62 	L	February 22, 1984	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	35–23–4
63 	L	February 25, 1984	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	35–24–4
64 	W	February 26, 1984	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	36–24–4
65 	L	February 28, 1984	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	36–25–4
66 	W	March 1, 1984 	9–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	37–25–4
67 	W	March 3, 1984 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	38–25–4
68 	W	March 5, 1984 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	39–25–4
69 	W	March 7, 1984 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	40–25–4
70 	W	March 9, 1984 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	41–25–4
71 	W	March 11, 1984 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	42–25–4
72 	T	March 14, 1984 	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	42–25–5
73 	W	March 17, 1984 	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	43–25–5
74 	L	March 18, 1984 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	43–26–5
75 	W	March 21, 1984 	5–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 	44–26–5
76 	W	March 24, 1984 	6–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	45–26–5
77 	W	March 25, 1984 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	46–26–5
78 	W	March 28, 1984 	6–2 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	47–26–5
79 	L	March 31, 1984 	1–3 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	47–27–5
80 	W	April 1, 1984 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	48–27–5
==Playoffs==
===Washington Capitals 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0===
===New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	40	45	85 	90 	22 	8 	0 	7
 	RW 	80	29	52	81 	28 	26 	9 	0 	6
 	RW 	69	32	43	75 	16 	29 	8 	0 	5
 	C 	80	28	40	68 	51 	0 	8 	0 	5
 	C 	75	24	31	55 	52 	14 	7 	0 	5
 	RW 	80	20	32	52 	69 	4 	7 	0 	3
 	D 	72	13	33	46 	50 	12 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	78	13	32	45 	201	26 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	80	13	29	42 	12 	7 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	78	21	19	40 	74 	-2 	4 	0 	4
 	LW 	79	17	19	36 	29 	15 	3 	2 	1
 	C 	80	12	24	36 	20 	9 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	80	9 	24	33 	61 	14 	1 	2 	2
 	RW 	45	12	17	29 	16 	10 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	46	6 	18	24 	17 	0 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	65	1 	19	20 	84 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	4 	15	19 	124	23 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	6 	5 	11 	21 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	42	3 	7 	10 	20 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	57	2 	6 	8 	133	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	1 	5 	6 	12 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	1 	2 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	1 	1 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2414	43	25	13	3	117	2.91	4
 	2299	41	21	14	2	102	2.66	4
 	120 	2 	2 	0 	0	3 	1.50	0
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0
Team: 	4834	80	48	27	5	222	2.76	8
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	8 	3	7	10 	16 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	5	4	9 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1	8	9 	21 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	4	2	6 	6 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	8 	3	2	5 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	3	5 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	2	3	5 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2	3	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0	5	5 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2	1	3 	25 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	2	1	3 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	8 	0	3	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0	1	1 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	258	6 	3	1	14	3.26	0
 	230	5 	1	3	9 	2.35	0
Team: 	488	8 	4	4	23	2.83	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
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Rod Langway, Runner-up
*Frank J. Selke Trophy: Doug Jarvis
*Jack Adams Award: Bryan Murray
*William M. Jennings Trophy: Pat Riggin & Al Jensen
*Rod Langway, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Pat Riggin, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1983–84 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1983–84
Washington Capitals season, 1983–84
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