1983-84 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 48-27-5 - 101 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 4-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-1
Coach: Bryan Murray (48-27-5)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1983-84 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 48 wins and 27 losses and 5 ties for 101 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.
The Capitals yielded 226 goals, fewest in the league. Washington netted 308 goals. Mike Gartner scored 40 goals for the team, while Bengt-Ake Gustafsson tallied 30 or more, too. Dave Christian accounted for 52 assists. Al Jensen earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Pat Riggin added 15 or more wins, too. Pat Riggin recorded a 2.66 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1983-84 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 80 | 40 | 45 | 85 | 90 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 286 | 14.0 |
| Dave Christian | R | 80 | 29 | 52 | 81 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 164 | 17.7 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 69 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 146 | 21.9 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 80 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 228 | 12.3 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 75 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 14.6 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 80 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 69 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 111 | 18.0 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 72 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 9.4 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 78 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 201 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 8.4 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 10.7 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 78 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 74 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 13.5 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 79 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 14.7 |
| Glen Currie | C | 80 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 16.9 |
| Rod Langway | D | 80 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 168 | 5.4 |
| Bryan Erickson | R | 45 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 18.2 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 46 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 5.0 |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 65 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1.4 |
| Dave Shand | D | 72 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 |
| Chris Valentine | C | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Peter Andersson | D | 42 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Greg Adams | L | 57 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Gary McAdam | L | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Greg Theberge | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Gary Sampson | L | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Paul MacKinnon | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brian Engblom | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Dean Evason | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Mason | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parro | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Hidi | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pat Riggin | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Houston | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Al Jensen | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1526 | 308 | 520 | 828 | 1234 | 213 | 77 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 2534 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jensen | 43 | 2414 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 117 | 2.91 | 995 | 878 | .882 |
| Pat Riggin | 41 | 2299 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 102 | 2.66 | 924 | 822 | .890 |
| Bob Mason | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 46 | 43 | .935 |
| Dave Parro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 87 | 4834 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 222 | 2.76 | 2187 | 1965 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | |
| Dave Christian | R | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.3 | |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Alan Haworth | C | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 | |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 28.6 | |
| Larry Murphy | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Bobby Gould | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Glen Currie | C | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Bryan Erickson | R | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Darren Veitch | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Shand | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Andersson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Adams | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sampson | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Andre Hidi | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Pat Riggin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jensen | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 155 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 159 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 235 | 11.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jensen | 6 | 258 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.26 | 120 | 106 | .883 |
| Pat Riggin | 5 | 230 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.35 | 81 | 72 | .889 |
| Totals | 11 | 488 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2.83 | 224 | 201 | .897 |
