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1981–82 Washington Capitals season

The 1981–82 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1981–82 Washington Capitals
Division5th Patrick
ConferenceWales
1981–82 record26–41–13
Goals for319
Goals against338
Team information
General managerMax McNab
Roger Crozier
CoachGary Green
Roger Crozier
Bryan Murray
CaptainRyan Walter
Alternate captainsNone

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders 80 54 16 10 385 250 118
New York Rangers 80 39 27 14 316 306 92
Philadelphia Flyers 80 38 31 11 325 313 87
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 31 36 13 310 337 75
Washington Capitals 80 26 41 13 319 338 65

[1]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

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

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Vs. Campbell Conference

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Schedule and results

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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

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM /- PPG SHG GWG
Dennis Maruk C 80 60 76 136 128 -4 20 2 1
Ryan Walter C/LW 78 38 49 87 142 -3 19 1 3
Mike Gartner RW 80 35 45 80 121 -11 5 2 5
Bobby Carpenter C 80 32 35 67 69 -23 7 1 3
Chris Valentine C 60 30 37 67 92 -15 18 0 5
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 70 26 34 60 40 -20 3 0 2
Darren Veitch D 67 9 44 53 54 -17 5 0 1
Greg Theberge D 57 5 32 37 49 -8 2 0 0
Bobby Gould RW 60 18 13 31 69 -3 1 0 1
Rick Green D 65 3 25 28 93 -12 1 0 0
Terry Murray D 74 3 22 25 60 -14 0 0 0
Gaetan Duchesne LW 74 9 14 23 46 -6 0 0 1
Torrie Robertson LW 54 8 13 21 204 -1 3 0 0
Lee Norwood D 26 7 10 17 125 7 3 0 1
Tim Tookey C 28 8 8 16 35 -9 5 0 0
Glen Currie C 43 7 7 14 14 -2 0 1 0
Wes Jarvis C 26 1 12 13 18 5 0 0 0
Lou Franceschetti RW 30 2 10 12 23 -4 0 0 1
Timo Blomqvist D 44 1 11 12 62 -17 0 0 0
Paul MacKinnon D 39 2 9 11 35 -10 0 0 0
Randy Holt D 53 2 6 8 250 -7 0 0 0
Jim McTaggart D 19 2 4 6 20 -2 0 1 1
Tony Cassolato RW 12 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0
Roland Stoltz RW 14 2 2 4 14 -3 0 0 0
Bob Kelly LW 16 0 4 4 12 -12 0 0 0
Todd Bidner LW 12 2 1 3 7 0 0 0 1
Jean Pronovost RW 10 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0
Pat Ribble D 12 1 2 3 14 -4 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben D 17 1 1 2 19 -3 0 0 0
Tom Rowe RW 6 1 1 2 18 0 0 0 0
Al Jensen G 26 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Howard Walker D 16 0 2 2 26 -9 0 0 0
Orest Kindrachuk C 4 1 0 1 2 -4 1 0 0
Mike Siltala RW 3 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Doug Hicks D 12 0 1 1 11 -7 0 0 0
Mike Palmateer G 11 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Dave Parro G 52 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Pierre Bouchard D 1 0 0 0 10 -2 0 0 0
Eric Calder D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Camazzola D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Jay Johnston D 6 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Jim McGeough C 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Harvie Pocza LW 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Errol Rausse LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Dave Parro 2942 52 16 26 7 206 4.20 1
Al Jensen 1274 26 8 8 4 81 3.81 0
Mike Palmateer 584 11 2 7 2 47 4.83 0
Team: 4800 80 26 41 13 334 4.17 1

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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

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Washington's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 3 Bobby Carpenter   United States St. John's School (USHS-MA)
3 45 Eric Calder   Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 68 Tony Kellin   United States Grand Rapids High School (USHS-MN)
5 89 Mike Siltala   Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
5 91 Peter Sidorkiewicz   Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
6 110 Jim McGeough   Canada Billings Bighorns (WHL)
7 131 Risto Jalo   Finland Ilves (Finland)
8 152 Gaetan Duchesne   Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9 173 George White   United States University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
10 194 Chris Valentine   Canada Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1981-82 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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