1981–82 Washington Capitals season

1981–82 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Patrick
1981–82 record	26–41–13
Goals for	319
Goals against	338
Team information
General manager	Max McNab Roger Crozier
Coach	Gary Green Roger Crozier Bryan Murray
Captain	Ryan Walter

The 1981–82 Washington Capitals season was the 8th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

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

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

Game Log

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

• The Capitals did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Maruk, DennisDennis Maruk	C	80	60	76	136	128	-4	20	2	1
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	78	38	49	87	142	-3	19	1	3
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	80	35	45	80	121	-11	5	2	5
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	80	32	35	67	69	-23	7	1	3
Valentine, ChrisChris Valentine	C	60	30	37	67	92	-15	18	0	5
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	70	26	34	60	40	-20	3	0	2
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	67	9	44	53	54	-17	5	0	1
Theberge, GregGreg Theberge	D	57	5	32	37	49	-8	2	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	60	18	13	31	69	-3	1	0	1
Green, RickRick Green	D	65	3	25	28	93	-12	1	0	0
Murray, TerryTerry Murray	D	74	3	22	25	60	-14	0	0	0
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	74	9	14	23	46	-6	0	0	1
Robertson, TorrieTorrie Robertson	LW	54	8	13	21	204	-1	3	0	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	26	7	10	17	125	7	3	0	1
Tookey, TimTim Tookey	C	28	8	8	16	35	-9	5	0	0
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	43	7	7	14	14	-2	0	1	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	26	1	12	13	18	5	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	30	2	10	12	23	-4	0	0	1
Blomqvist, TimoTimo Blomqvist	D	44	1	11	12	62	-17	0	0	0
MacKinnon, PaulPaul MacKinnon	D	39	2	9	11	35	-10	0	0	0
Holt, RandyRandy Holt	D	53	2	6	8	250	-7	0	0	0
McTaggart, JimJim McTaggart	D	19	2	4	6	20	-2	0	1	1
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	12	1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0
Stoltz, RolandRoland Stoltz	RW	14	2	2	4	14	-3	0	0	0
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	16	0	4	4	12	-12	0	0	0
Bidner, ToddTodd Bidner	LW	12	2	1	3	7	0	0	0	1
Pronovost, JeanJean Pronovost	RW	10	1	2	3	4	-7	0	0	0
Ribble, PatPat Ribble	D	12	1	2	3	14	-4	0	0	0
Hangsleben, AlAl Hangsleben	D	17	1	1	2	19	-3	0	0	0
Rowe, TomTom Rowe	RW	6	1	1	2	18	0	0	0	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	G	26	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Walker, HowardHoward Walker	D	16	0	2	2	26	-9	0	0	0
Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	C	4	1	0	1	2	-4	1	0	0
Siltala, MikeMike Siltala	RW	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Hicks, DougDoug Hicks	D	12	0	1	1	11	-7	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	11	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Parro, DaveDave Parro	G	52	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	1	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Calder, EricEric Calder	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pocza, HarvieHarvie Pocza	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Rausse, ErrolErrol Rausse	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Camazzola, TonyTony Camazzola	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
McGeough, JimJim McGeough	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Johnston, JayJay Johnston	D	6	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Parro, DaveDave Parro	2942	52	16	26	7	206	4.20	1
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	1274	26	8	8	4	81	3.81	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	584	11	2	7	2	47	4.83	0
Team:	4800	80	26	41	13	334	4.17	1

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

• The Capitals did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1981–82 NHL season

External Links

• 1981–82 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.