1983–84 Washington Capitals season

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.

Regular season Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results Regular season

|1||L||October 6, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 8, 1983||7–8 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||0–2–0

|3||L||October 9, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||0–3–0

|4||L||October 13, 1983||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||0–4–0

|5||L||October 14, 1983||0–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||0–5–0

|6||L||October 16, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||0–6–0

|7||L||October 19, 1983||0–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||0–7–0

|8||W||October 22, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||1–7–0

|9||W||October 25, 1983||1–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||2–7–0

|10||W||October 26, 1983||2–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||3–7–0

|11||W||October 29, 1983||6–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||4–7–0

|12||W||October 30, 1983||7–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||5–7–0

|13||L||November 2, 1983||3–11 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||5–8–0

|14||W||November 4, 1983||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||6–8–0

|15||W||November 6, 1983||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) ||7–8–0

|16||L||November 9, 1983||4–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||7–9–0

|17||W||November 12, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||8–9–0

|18||L||November 13, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||8–10–0

|19||L||November 16, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||8–11–0

|20||W||November 18, 1983||7–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||9–11–0

|21||L||November 19, 1983||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||9–12–0

|22||T||November 23, 1983||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||9–12–1

|23||W||November 25, 1983||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||10–12–1

|24||W||November 26, 1983||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||11–12–1

|25||L||November 29, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||11–13–1

|26||W||December 1, 1983||8–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||12–13–1

|27||T||December 2, 1983||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||12–13–2

|28||L||December 4, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||12–14–2

|29||L||December 7, 1983||5–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||12–15–2

|30||W||December 8, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||13–15–2

|31||W||December 10, 1983||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||14–15–2

|32||L||December 15, 1983||4–9 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||14–16–2

|33||W||December 17, 1983||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||15–16–2

|34||W||December 18, 1983||5–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||16–16–2

|35||L||December 22, 1983||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||16–17–2

|36||W||December 23, 1983||7–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||17–17–2

|37||L||December 26, 1983||4–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||17–18–2

|38||L||December 28, 1983||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) ||17–19–2

|39||W||December 31, 1983||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||18–19–2

|40||T||January 2, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||18–19–3

|41||W||January 5, 1984||5–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||19–19–3

|42||L||January 7, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||19–20–3

|43||W||January 8, 1984||7–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||20–20–3

|44||W||January 11, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||21–20–3

|45||W||January 13, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||22–20–3

|46||L||January 15, 1984||2–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||22–21–3

|47||W||January 17, 1984||8–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||23–21–3

|48||W||January 20, 1984||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||24–21–3

|49||W||January 21, 1984||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||25–21–3

|50||T||January 25, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||25–21–4

|51||W||January 27, 1984||6–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||26–21–4

|52||W||January 28, 1984||8–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||27–21–4

|53||W||February 2, 1984||2–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||28–21–4

|54||W||February 3, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||29–21–4

|55||W||February 5, 1984||9–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||30–21–4

|56||W||February 8, 1984||6–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||31–21–4

|57||W||February 11, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||32–21–4

|58||W||February 13, 1984||4–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||33–21–4

|59||W||February 16, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||34–21–4

|60||W||February 18, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||35–21–4

|61||L||February 19, 1984||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||35–22–4

|62||L||February 22, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||35–23–4

|63||L||February 25, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) ||35–24–4

|64||W||February 26, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||36–24–4

|65||L||February 28, 1984||2–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||36–25–4

|66||W||March 1, 1984||9–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||37–25–4

|67||W||March 3, 1984||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||38–25–4

|68||W||March 5, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||39–25–4

|69||W||March 7, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||40–25–4

|70||W||March 9, 1984||5–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||41–25–4

|71||W||March 11, 1984||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||42–25–4

|72||T||March 14, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||42–25–5

|73||W||March 17, 1984||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||43–25–5

|74||L||March 18, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||43–26–5

|75||W||March 21, 1984||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||44–26–5

|76||W||March 24, 1984||6–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||45–26–5

|77||W||March 25, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||46–26–5

|78||W||March 28, 1984||6–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||47–26–5

|79||L||March 31, 1984||1–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||47–27–5

|80||W||April 1, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||48–27–5

Playoffs

| 1 || || Philadelphia || 2–4 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–0 ||

| 2 || || Philadelphia || 2–6 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 2–0 ||

| 3 || || Washington || 5–1 || Philadelphia || || || Spectrum || || 3–0 ||

| 1 || || Washington || 3–2 || NY Islanders || || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–0 ||

| 2 || || Washington || 4–5 || NY Islanders || OT || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–1 ||

| 3 || || NY Islanders || 3–1 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–2 ||

| 4 || || NY Islanders || 5–2 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–3 ||

| 5 || || Washington || 3–5 || NY Islanders || || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–4 ||

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 40 45 85 9022807 RW 80 29 52 81 2826906 RW 69 32 43 75 1629805 C 80 28 40 68 510805 C 75 24 31 55 5214705 RW 80 20 32 52 694703 D 72 13 33 46 5012202 D 78 13 32 45 20126702 C 80 13 29 42 127020 RW 78 21 19 40 74-2404 LW 79 17 19 36 2915321 C 80 12 24 36 209022 D 80 9 24 33 6114122 RW 45 12 17 29 1610402 D 46 6 18 24 170400 D 65 1 19 20 8417000 D 72 4 15 19 12423000 C 22 6 5 11 21-8201 D 42 3 7 10 2012200 LW 57 2 6 8 1331000 LW 24 1 5 6 120001 D 13 1 2 3 4-4100 LW 15 1 1 2 61000 D 6 0 1 1 8-4000 D 12 0 1 1 4-7000 C 2 0 0 0 20000 RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 4 0 0 0 4-2000 G 43 0 0 0 220000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 G 41 0 0 0 40000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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 16200 RW 8 5 4 9 5100 D 8 1 8 9 21100 RW 8 4 2 6 6103 C 8 3 2 5 4100 RW 8 2 3 5 7100 RW 5 2 3 5 0200 C 8 2 3 5 6000 D 8 0 5 5 7000 C 8 2 1 3 25100 LW 8 2 1 3 2001 D 8 0 3 3 6000 RW 5 0 2 2 4000 C 8 1 0 1 0000 LW 8 1 0 1 0000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 G 6 0 1 1 2000 D 8 0 1 1 13000 D 5 0 1 1 15000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 D 8 0 0 0 8000 RW 3 0 0 0 8000 LW 2 0 0 0 0000 G 5 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA 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; 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)475Tim BerglandThief River Falls High School (USHS-MN)595Martin BoulianeGranby Bisons (QMJHL)7135Dwaine HuttonKelowna Wings (WHL)8155Marty AbramsPembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)9175Dave CowanWashburn High School (USHS-MN)10195Yves BeaudoinShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)11215Alain RaymondTrois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)11216Anders HussGävle (Sweden)

See also 1983–84 NHL season

References