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1981-1982 Washington Capitals: 26-41-13
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 16-16-8 (189 goals scored, 152 allowed) Road record: 10-25-5 (130 goals scored, 186 allowed) Head Coaches: Gary Green (1-12-0), Roger Crozier (0-1-0), Bryan Murray (25-28-13) Power Play: 93/418 (22.2%) Penalty Killing: 242/309 (78.3%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-11 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 218-260 319 goals scored (11th of 21 teams), 338 goals allowed (12th), 1932 PIM (3rd) NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 21 Dennis Maruk 5'8 175 26 80 60 76 136 128 20 2 168 73 104 5 268 22.4 -4 C/LW 9 Ryan Walter 6'0 200 23 78 38 49 87 142 19 1 141 58 103 17 183 20.8 -3 RW 11 Mike Gartner 6'0 187 22 80 35 45 80 121 5 2 122 29 113 9 300 11.7 -11 C 10 Bobby Carpenter 6'0 200 18 80 32 35 67 69 7 1 105 28 102 2 263 12.2 -23 C 28 Chris Valentine 6'0 190 20 60 30 37 67 92 18 0 97 52 62 2 154 19.5 -15 RW 16 Bengt Gustafsson 6'0 185 23 70 26 34 60 40 3 0 87 29 84 6 142 18.3 -20 D 6 Darren Veitch 5'11 195 21 67 9 44 53 54 5 0 128 60 101 16 203 4.4 -17 D 20 Greg Theberge 5'10 185 22 57 5 32 37 49 2 0 90 29 71 2 150 3.3 -8 RW 23 Bobby Gould 6'0 195 24 60 18 13 31 69 1 0 41 4 59 19 103 17.5 -3 D 5 Rick Green 6'3 220 25 65 3 25 28 93 1 0 108 23 129 32 91 3.3 -12 D 25 Terry Murray 6'2 190 31 74 3 22 25 60 0 0 85 6 126 33 75 4.0 -14 LW 14 Gaetan Duchesne 5'11 200 19 74 9 14 23 46 0 0 37 0 65 22 78 11.5 -6 LW 32 Torrie Robertson 5'11 200 20 54 8 13 21 204 3 0 28 6 23 0 46 17.4 -1 D 8 Lee Norwood 6'1 198 21 26 7 10 17 125 3 0 41 16 22 4 33 21.2 +7 C 8 Tim Tookey 5'11 185 21 28 8 8 16 35 5 0 21 9 21 0 52 15.4 -9 C 12 Glen Currie 6'2 180 23 43 7 7 14 14 0 1 24 1 47 22 45 15.6 -2 C 15 Wes Jarvis 5'11 185 23 26 1 12 13 18 0 0 24 3 25 9 22 4.5 +5 RW 18 Lou Franceschetti 6'0 200 23 30 2 10 12 23 0 0 24 6 22 0 25 8.0 -4 D 17 Timo Blomqvist 6'0 200 20 44 1 11 12 62 0 0 36 9 50 6 53 1.9 -17 D 19 Paul MacKinnon 6'0 195 23 39 2 9 11 35 0 0 34 2 61 19 28 7.1 -10 D 4 Randy Holt 5'11 185 28 53 2 6 8 250 0 0 37 0 48 4 32 6.2 -7 D 3 Jim McTaggart 5'11 200 21 19 2 4 6 20 0 1 17 1 25 7 24 8.3 -2 RW 40 Tony Cassolato 5'11 180 25 12 1 4 5 4 0 0 7 2 4 0 15 6.7 +1 RW 18 Roland Stoltz 6'1 191 27 14 2 2 4 14 0 0 7 2 12 4 6 33.3 -3 LW 24 Bob Kelly 5'10 200 31 16 0 4 4 12 0 0 7 3 16 0 24 0.0 -12 LW 22 Todd Bidner 6'2 205 20 12 2 1 3 7 0 0 5 0 7 2 5 40.0 0 RW 22 Jean Pronovost 6'0 185 36 10 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 1 13 1 15 6.7 -7 D 2 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 27 12 1 2 3 14 0 0 11 0 17 2 15 6.7 -4 RW 24 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 25 6 1 1 2 18 0 0 4 0 4 0 9 11.1 0 D 12 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 28 17 1 1 2 19 0 0 6 0 14 5 13 7.7 -3 D 24 Howard Walker 6'0 205 23 16 0 2 2 26 0 0 9 1 18 1 18 0.0 -9 G 35 Al Jensen 5'10 180 23 26 0 2 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- RW 12 Mike Siltala 5'9 170 18 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 50.0 -1 C 27 Orest Kindrachuk 5'10 175 31 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 6 1 8 12.5 -4 G 29 Mike Palmateer 5'9 170 27 11 0 1 1 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 2 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 26 12 0 1 1 11 0 0 3 0 14 4 6 0.0 -7 G 30 Dave Parro 5'11 165 24 52 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 26 Pierre Bouchard 6'2 205 33 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.0 -2 D 26 Eric Calder 6'1 180 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 LW 12 Errol Rausse 5'10 180 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 --- -2 LW 27 Harvie Pocza 6'2 200 22 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0.0 -2 D 2 Tony Camazzola 6'2 210 19 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 C 34 Jim McGeough 5'8 170 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.0 -2 D 4 Jay Johnston 5'11 195 23 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 0.0 -2
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   35  Al Jensen            23   26  1274   81  3.81   8   8   4  701   .884   0   0
G   30  Dave Parro           24   52  2942  206  4.20  16  26   7 1648   .875   4   1
G   29  Mike Palmateer       27   11   584   47  4.83   2   7   2  314   .850   0   0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
1981 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    3  C    Bobby Carpenter         1178          St. John's Prep H.S. (Mass.)         [pick acquired from COL]
  3   45  D    Eric Calder                2          Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)              [pick acquired from COL]
  4   68  D    Tony Kellin                           Grand Rapids H.S. (Minn.)          
  5   89  RW   Mike Siltala               7          Kingston Canadians (OHL)           
  5   91  G    Peter Sidorkiewicz       246          Oshawa Generals (OHL)                [pick acquired from PIT]
  6  110  C    Jim McGeough              57          Billings Bighorns (WHL)            
  7  131  C    Risto Jalo                 3          Ilves Tampere (Finland)            
  8  152  LW   Gaetan Duchesne         1028          Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)            
  9  173  LW   George White                          University of New Hampshire (NCAA)  
 10  194  C    Chris Valentine          105          Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)          

Traded draft picks:

#1 to COL (Joe Cirella)
#2 to COL (Rich Chernomaz)
#3 to PHI (Barry Tabobondung)

Transactions
06-05-1981signed Roland Stoltz as a free agent
06-10-1981traded Washington's #1 and #2 picks in the 1981 draft to Rockies for Colorado's #1 and #3 picks in the 1981 draft
07-23-1981traded Mark Lofthouse to Red Wings for Al Jensen
09-04-1981signed Orest Kindrachuk as a free agent
09-04-1981assigned Paul Mulvey to Penguins as compensation for signing Orest Kindrachuk as a free agent
10-06-1981claimed Terry Murray from Flyers in waiver draft
11-25-1981traded Pat Ribble and Washington's #2 pick in the 1983 draft to Flames for Randy Holt and Bobby Gould
12-10-1981released Alan Hangsleben
01-31-1982signed Tom Rowe as a free agent
02-01-1982traded Tim Tookey and Washington's #7 pick in the 1982 draft to Nordiques for Lee Norwood and Quebec's #6 pick in the 1982 draft
03-09-1982traded Todd Bidner to Oilers for Doug Hicks
06-09-1982traded Washington's #2 and #4 picks in the 1982 draft to Sabres for Alan Haworth and Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1982 draft
06-09-1982traded Howard Walker, George White, Washington's #6 pick in the 1982 draft, #3 pick in the 1983 draft and #2 pick in the 1984 draft to Flames for Pat Riggin and Ken Houston
08-04-1982traded Rollie Boutin and Wes Jarvis to North Stars for Robbie Moore and Minnesota's #11 pick in the 1983 draft
08-24-1982traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1983 draft and #5 pick in the 1984 draft to Black Hawks for Ted Bulley and Dave Hutchison
09-09-1982sold Mike Palmateer to Maple Leafs
09-09-1982traded Rick Green and Ryan Walter to Canadiens for Rod Langway, Doug Jarvis, Brian Engblom and Craig Laughlin
10-04-1982Devils claimed Dave Hutchison in waiver draft

Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/07/1981   at Buffalo Sabres            L   3-5     0-1-0
10/10/1981   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   6-3     1-1-0
10/11/1981   at Boston Bruins             L   3-6     1-2-0
10/14/1981   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   4-5     1-3-0
10/15/1981   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   2-5     1-4-0
10/17/1981   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   2-4     1-5-0
10/21/1981   vs Quebec Nordiques          L   3-6     1-6-0
10/23/1981   vs New York Islanders        L   2-4     1-7-0
10/24/1981   at New York Islanders        L   4-6     1-8-0
10/28/1981   at Vancouver Canucks         L   0-3     1-9-0
10/29/1981   at Los Angeles Kings         L   3-4     1-10-0
10/31/1981   at Colorado Rockies          L   4-6     1-11-0
11/04/1981   vs Minnesota North Stars     L   1-6     1-12-0
11/07/1981   vs New York Rangers          L   1-3     1-13-0
11/11/1981   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-3     1-14-0
11/13/1981   vs Detroit Red Wings         T   3-3     1-14-1
11/14/1981   at Hartford Whalers          W   4-0     2-14-1
11/18/1981   vs Colorado Rockies          W   7-1     3-14-1
11/21/1981   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W  10-4     4-14-1
11/22/1981   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   3-2     5-14-1
11/25/1981   at Minnesota North Stars     T   4-4     5-14-2
11/27/1981   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   5-2     6-14-2
11/28/1981   at Hartford Whalers          L   2-6     6-15-2
12/02/1981   vs Calgary Flames            W   9-3     7-15-2
12/04/1981   vs Winnipeg Jets             W   7-3     8-15-2
12/05/1981   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   4-9     8-16-2
12/09/1981   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   3-7     8-17-2
12/11/1981   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W  11-2     9-17-2
12/12/1981   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   4-7     9-18-2
12/14/1981   at Montreal Canadiens        L   3-6     9-19-2
12/17/1981   at New York Islanders        L   1-4     9-20-2
12/19/1981   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   4-6     9-21-2
12/20/1981   at New York Rangers          W   3-2     10-21-2
12/23/1981   vs Boston Bruins             L   4-7     10-22-2
12/26/1981   vs New York Rangers          T   4-4     10-22-3
12/27/1981   at Buffalo Sabres            L   2-3     10-23-3
12/30/1981   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-6     10-24-3
01/02/1982   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   5-2     11-24-3
01/03/1982   at New York Rangers          W   4-3     12-24-3
01/05/1982   at Quebec Nordiques          L   0-3     12-25-3
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/07/1982   vs Los Angeles Kings         T   3-3     12-25-4
01/09/1982   at St. Louis Blues           L   4-7     12-26-4
01/13/1982   vs Edmonton Oilers           T   6-6     12-26-5
01/16/1982   at Detroit Red Wings         T   5-5     12-26-6
01/17/1982   vs New York Islanders        T   2-2     12-26-7
01/20/1982   at Winnipeg Jets             L   0-3     12-27-7
01/23/1982   at Boston Bruins             L   1-3     12-28-7
01/24/1982   at New York Rangers          T   4-4     12-28-8
01/27/1982   vs New York Rangers          L   4-5     12-29-8
01/30/1982   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-2     13-29-8
01/31/1982   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   8-3     14-29-8
02/02/1982   at New York Islanders        L   6-7     14-30-8
02/04/1982   vs New York Islanders        L   2-5     14-31-8
02/06/1982   at Pittsburgh Penguins       W   6-4     15-31-8
02/07/1982   vs Quebec Nordiques          T   5-5     15-31-9
02/11/1982   at Calgary Flames            W   5-3     16-31-9
02/12/1982   at Edmonton Oilers           L   3-5     16-32-9
02/14/1982   at Colorado Rockies          L   3-5     16-33-9
02/17/1982   at Los Angeles Kings         W   5-2     17-33-9
02/20/1982   at Minnesota North Stars     L   3-7     17-34-9
02/21/1982   at Winnipeg Jets             W   6-3     18-34-9
02/25/1982   vs St. Louis Blues           W   9-1     19-34-9
02/27/1982   vs Hartford Whalers          W   7-1     20-34-9
02/28/1982   vs Edmonton Oilers           L   1-4     20-35-9
03/03/1982   vs St. Louis Blues           W   8-4     21-35-9
03/05/1982   vs Calgary Flames            W   8-6     22-35-9
03/07/1982   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-7     22-36-9
03/10/1982   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-7     22-37-9
03/13/1982   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   6-3     23-37-9
03/14/1982   at New York Rangers          T   5-5     23-37-10
03/17/1982   vs Vancouver Canucks         T   6-6     23-37-11
03/20/1982   vs New York Rangers          L   3-4     23-38-11
03/21/1982   vs New York Islanders        L   2-3     23-39-11
03/23/1982   at New York Islanders        L   1-8     23-40-11
03/25/1982   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   4-3     24-40-11
03/27/1982   vs Philadelphia Flyers       T   4-4     24-40-12
03/28/1982   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   5-6     24-41-12
03/31/1982   at Pittsburgh Penguins       T   4-4     24-41-13
04/03/1982   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   6-4     25-41-13
04/04/1982   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   3-1     26-41-13

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