1983–84 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

1983–84 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	Wales
1983–84 record	48–27–5
Goals for	308
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Alternate captains	None
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals tenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They qualified for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	0−7	1−5−1	0−7	3−4	0−5−2	4−28−3
N.Y. Islanders	7−0	—	3−4	4−3	6−1	4−3	24−11−0
N.Y. Rangers	5−1−1	4−3	—	4−3	5−2	3−3−1	21−12−2
Philadelphia	7−0	3−4	3−4	—	7−0	3−4	23−12−0
Pittsburgh	4−3	1−6	2−5	0–7	—	1−6	8−27−0
Washington	5−0−2	3−4	3−3−1	4–3	6–1	—	21−11−3

Vs. Adams Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	1−2	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−2	1−2	4−9−2
N.Y. Islanders	0−2−1	3−0	1−2	3−0	1−2	8−6−1
N.Y. Rangers	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−2	1−2	2−0−1	5−7−3
Philadelphia	1−1−1	0−3	1−2	2−0−1	2−0−1	6−6−3
Pittsburgh	0−3	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	0−3	2−12−1
Washington	1−2	0−2−1	2−1	3−0	1−2	7−7−1

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	2−1	2−1	1−2	0−3	0−3	5−10−0
N.Y. Islanders	3−0	1−2	2−0−1	1−1−1	2−1	9−4−2
N.Y. Rangers	2−1	3−0	1−1−1	2−1	1−2	9−5−1
Philadelphia	1−0−2	1−0−2	0−1−2	1−2	3−0	6−3−6
Pittsburgh	1−1−1	0−3	1−2	0−2−1	1−1−1	3−9−3
Washington	1−1−1	1−2	3−0	2−1	3−0	10−4−1

Vs. Smythe Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	0−2−1	0−2−1	2−1	1−2	1−2	4−9−2
N.Y. Islanders	0−3	3−0	2−0−1	3−0	1−2	9−5−1
N.Y. Rangers	2−1	1−2	1−0−2	1−1−1	2−1	7−5−3
Philadelphia	2−1	2−0−1	2−1	1−2	2−1	9−5−1
Pittsburgh	0−1−2	0−3	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−10−2
Washington	2−1	1−2	3−0	2−1	2−1	10−5−0

Schedule and results

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

Round 1: (P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers

April 4

Philadelphia Flyers

2–4

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 5

Philadelphia Flyers

2–6

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 7

Washington Capitals

5–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Spectrum

Washington won series 3–0

Round 2: (P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) Washington Capitals

April 12

Washington Capitals

3–2

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 13

Washington Capitals

4–5

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 15

New York Islanders

3–1

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 16

New York Islanders

5–2

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 18

Washington Capitals

3–5

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

New York won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Gartner	RW	80	40	45	85	90	22	8	0	7
Dave Christian	RW	80	29	52	81	28	26	9	0	6
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	69	32	43	75	16	29	8	0	5
Bobby Carpenter	C	80	28	40	68	51	0	8	0	5
Alan Haworth	C	75	24	31	55	52	14	7	0	5
Craig Laughlin	RW	80	20	32	52	69	4	7	0	3
Larry Murphy	D	72	13	33	46	50	12	2	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	78	13	32	45	201	26	7	0	2
Doug Jarvis	C	80	13	29	42	12	7	0	2	0
Bobby Gould	RW	78	21	19	40	74	-2	4	0	4
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	79	17	19	36	29	15	3	2	1
Glen Currie	C	80	12	24	36	20	9	0	2	2
Rod Langway	D	80	9	24	33	61	14	1	2	2
Bryan Erickson	RW	45	12	17	29	16	10	4	0	2
Darren Veitch	D	46	6	18	24	17	0	4	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	65	1	19	20	84	17	0	0	0
Dave Shand	D	72	4	15	19	124	23	0	0	0
Chris Valentine	C	22	6	5	11	21	-8	2	0	1
Peter Andersson	D	42	3	7	10	20	12	2	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	57	2	6	8	133	1	0	0	0
Gary McAdam	LW	24	1	5	6	12	0	0	0	1
Greg Theberge	D	13	1	2	3	4	-4	1	0	0
Gary Sampson	LW	15	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0
Brian Engblom	D	6	0	1	1	8	-4	0	0	0
Paul MacKinnon	D	12	0	1	1	4	-7	0	0	0
Dean Evason	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lou Franceschetti	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Andre Hidi	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Houston	RW	4	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	43	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0
Bob Mason	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Parro	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	41	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Al Jensen	2414	43	25	13	3	117	2.91	4
Pat Riggin	2299	41	21	14	2	102	2.66	4
Bob Mason	120	2	2	0	0	3	1.50	0
Dave Parro	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	GWG
Mike Gartner	RW	8	3	7	10	16	2	0
Dave Christian	RW	8	5	4	9	5	1	0
Scott Stevens	D	8	1	8	9	21	1	0
Craig Laughlin	RW	8	4	2	6	6	1	3
Alan Haworth	C	8	3	2	5	4	1	0
Bryan Erickson	RW	8	2	3	5	7	1	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	5	2	3	5	0	2	0
Doug Jarvis	C	8	2	3	5	6	0	0
Rod Langway	D	8	0	5	5	7	0	0
Bobby Carpenter	C	8	2	1	3	25	1	0
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	8	2	1	3	2	0	1
Larry Murphy	D	8	0	3	3	6	0	0
Bobby Gould	RW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0
Glen Currie	C	8	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Sampson	LW	8	1	0	1	0	0	0
Peter Andersson	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Al Jensen	G	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dave Shand	D	8	0	1	1	13	0	0
Darren Veitch	D	5	0	1	1	15	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	8	0	0	0	8	0	0
Lou Franceschetti	RW	3	0	0	0	8	0	0
Andre Hidi	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Al Jensen	258	6	3	1	14	3.26
Pat Riggin	230	5	1	3	9	2.35
Team:	488	8	4	4	23	2.83

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

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Transactions

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Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	75	Tim Bergland	United States	Thief River Falls High School (USHS-MN)
5	95	Martin Bouliane	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
7	135	Dwaine Hutton	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
8	155	Marty Abrams	Canada	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)
9	175	Dave Cowan	United States	Washburn High School (USHS-MN)
10	195	Yves Beaudoin	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
11	215	Alain Raymond	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
11	216	Anders Huss	Sweden	Gävle (Sweden)

Farm teams

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References

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
"1983-84 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

External links

"1983–84 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
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Categories:

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Round 1: (P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Philadelphia Flyers

Round 2: (P1) New York Islanders vs. (P2) Washington Capitals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links