1981–82 Washington Capitals season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1981–82
Year:	1981
Team:	Washington Capitals
Record:	26–41–13
Divisionrank:	5th
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	319
Goalsagainst:	338

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	80	60	76	136	128	-4	20	2	1
	C/LW	78	38	49	87	142	-3	19	1	3
	RW	80	35	45	80	121	-11	5	2	5
	C	80	32	35	67	69	-23	7	1	3
	C	60	30	37	67	92	-15	18	0	5
	RW	70	26	34	60	40	-20	3	0	2
	D	67	9	44	53	54	-17	5	0	1
	D	57	5	32	37	49	-8	2	0	0
	RW	60	18	13	31	69	-3	1	0	1
	D	65	3	25	28	93	-12	1	0	0
	D	74	3	22	25	60	-14	0	0	0
	LW	74	9	14	23	46	-6	0	0	1
	LW	54	8	13	21	204	-1	3	0	0
	D	26	7	10	17	125	7	3	0	1
	C	28	8	8	16	35	-9	5	0	0
	C	43	7	7	14	14	-2	0	1	0
	C	26	1	12	13	18	5	0	0	0
	RW	30	2	10	12	23	-4	0	0	1
	D	44	1	11	12	62	-17	0	0	0
	D	39	2	9	11	35	-10	0	0	0
	D	53	2	6	8	250	-7	0	0	0
	D	19	2	4	6	20	-2	0	1	1
	RW	12	1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0
	RW	14	2	2	4	14	-3	0	0	0
	LW	16	0	4	4	12	-12	0	0	0
	LW	12	2	1	3	7	0	0	0	1
	RW	10	1	2	3	4	-7	0	0	0
	D	12	1	2	3	14	-4	0	0	0
	D	17	1	1	2	19	-3	0	0	0
	RW	6	1	1	2	18	0	0	0	0
	G	26	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
	D	16	0	2	2	26	-9	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	2	-4	1	0	0
	RW	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
	D	12	0	1	1	11	-7	0	0	0
	G	11	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
	G	52	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2942	52	16	26	7	206	4.20	1
	1274	26	8	8	4	81	3.81	0
	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;

Draft picks

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

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1981–82 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1981-82 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com.