1983–84 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1983–84 1983 Washington Capitals 48–27–5 26–11–3 22–16–2 Wales 4th Patrick 2nd 308 226 David Poile Bryan Murray Rod Langway None Capital Centre Mike Gartner (40) Dave Christian (52) Mike Gartner (85) Scott Stevens (201) Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (+29) Al Jensen (25) Pat Riggin (2.67) 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. 2 Regular season Final standings WAS Record vs. opponents WSH Schedule and results Regular season background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 5px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 5px solid; 1983–84 game log1983-84 Washington Capitals Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1984_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 22, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; October: 5–7–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 4–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; November: 6–6–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–5–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; December: 7–6–1 (home: 5–3–0; road: 2–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; January: 9–2–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; February: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; March: 11–2–1 (home: 7–2–1; road: 4–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; April: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |80||W||April 1, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||48–27–5 |- |- | #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid #000000 #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #000000 #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid #000000 Playoffs 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#D50032 5px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 5px solid; 1984 Stanley Cup Playoffs y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; Patrick Division Semifinals vs (P3) Philadelphia Flyers: Washington won 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap |- | 1 || April 4, 1984 || Philadelphia || 2–4 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 5, 1984 || Philadelphia || 2–6 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 7, 1984 || Washington || 5–1 || Philadelphia || || || Spectrum || || 3–0 || y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; Patrick Division Finals vs (P1) New York Islanders: NY Islanders won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap |- | 1 || April 12, 1984 || Washington || 3–2 || NY Islanders || || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 13, 1984 || Washington || 4–5 || NY Islanders || OT || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 15, 1984 || NY Islanders || 3–1 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–2 || |- | 4 || April 16, 1984 || NY Islanders || 5–2 || Washington || || || Capital Centre || || 1–3 || |- | 5 || April 18, 1984 || Washington || 3–5 || NY Islanders || || || Nassau Coliseum || || 1–4 || |- | #cfc Win 1px solid #000000 #fcc Loss 1px solid #000000 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Gartner RW 80 40 45 85 9022807 Dave Christian RW 80 29 52 81 2826906 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 69 32 43 75 1629805 Bobby Carpenter Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey) C 80 28 40 68 510805 Alan Haworth ice hockey C 75 24 31 55 5214705 Craig Laughlin RW 80 20 32 52 694703 Larry Murphy Larry Murphy (ice hockey) D 72 13 33 46 5012202 Scott Stevens D 78 13 32 45 20126702 Doug Jarvis C 80 13 29 42 127020 Bobby Gould Bobby Gould (ice hockey) RW 78 21 19 40 74-2404 Gaetan Duchesne LW 79 17 19 36 2915321 Glen Currie C 80 12 24 36 209022 Rod Langway D 80 9 24 33 6114122 Bryan Erickson Bryan Erickson (ice hockey) RW 45 12 17 29 1610402 Darren Veitch D 46 6 18 24 170400 Timo Blomqvist D 65 1 19 20 8417000 Dave Shand D 72 4 15 19 12423000 Chris Valentine C 22 6 5 11 21-8201 Peter Andersson Peter Andersson (ice hockey b. 1962) D 42 3 7 10 2012200 Greg Adams Greg Adams (ice hockey b. 1960) LW 57 2 6 8 1331000 Gary McAdam LW 24 1 5 6 120001 Greg Theberge D 13 1 2 3 4-4100 Gary Sampson Gary Sampson (ice hockey) LW 15 1 1 2 61000 Brian Engblom D 6 0 1 1 8-4000 Paul MacKinnon D 12 0 1 1 4-7000 Dean Evason C 2 0 0 0 20000 Lou Franceschetti RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000 Andre Hidi LW 1 0 0 0 00000 Ken Houston Ken Houston (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 4-2000 Al Jensen G 43 0 0 0 220000 Bob Mason ice hockey G 2 0 0 0 00000 Dave Parro G 1 0 0 0 00000 Pat Riggin G 41 0 0 0 40000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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 ice hockey 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 SHG GWG Mike Gartner RW 8 3 7 10 16200 Dave Christian RW 8 5 4 9 5100 Scott Stevens D 8 1 8 9 21100 Craig Laughlin RW 8 4 2 6 6103 Alan Haworth ice hockey C 8 3 2 5 4100 Bryan Erickson Bryan Erickson (ice hockey) RW 8 2 3 5 7100 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 5 2 3 5 0200 Doug Jarvis C 8 2 3 5 6000 Rod Langway D 8 0 5 5 7000 Bobby Carpenter Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey) C 8 2 1 3 25100 Gaetan Duchesne LW 8 2 1 3 2001 Larry Murphy Larry Murphy (ice hockey) D 8 0 3 3 6000 Bobby Gould Bobby Gould (ice hockey) RW 5 0 2 2 4000 Glen Currie C 8 1 0 1 0000 Gary Sampson Gary Sampson (ice hockey) LW 8 1 0 1 0000 Peter Andersson Peter Andersson (ice hockey b. 1962) D 3 0 1 1 2000 Al Jensen G 6 0 1 1 2000 Dave Shand D 8 0 1 1 13000 Darren Veitch D 5 0 1 1 15000 Greg Adams Greg Adams (ice hockey b. 1960) LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Timo Blomqvist D 8 0 0 0 8000 Lou Franceschetti RW 3 0 0 0 8000 Andre Hidi LW 2 0 0 0 0000 Pat Riggin G 5 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Al Jensen 258 6 3 1 14 3.26 0 Pat Riggin 230 5 1 3 9 2.35 0 Team: 488 8 4 4 23 2.83 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1983-84 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1984.html 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 BerglandUnited StatesThief River Falls High School (USHS-MN)595Martin BoulianeCanadaGranby Bisons (QMJHL)7135Dwaine HuttonCanadaKelowna Wings (WHL)8155Marty AbramsCanadaPembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)9175Dave CowanUnited StatesWashburn High School (USHS-MN)10195Yves BeaudoinCanadaShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)11215Alain RaymondCanadaTrois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)11216Anders HussSwedenGävle (Sweden) See also 1983–84 NHL season References Category:Washington Capitals seasons Washington Capitals Capitals Capitals