⚜️ Away Nordiques 22-24-0 before this game

5–4

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 28-19-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
QUE	4	0	1	5
WSH	1	3	0	4

Nordiques at Capitals

Nordiques beat Capitals 5–4 at Capital One Arena on January 21, 1983.

🗓 Fri, Jan 21, 1983 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚜️ QUE

Michel Goulet

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · +2

2nd star ⚜️ QUE

Anton Stastny

1 G, 1 A

4 shots

3rd star ⚜️ QUE

Wilf Paiement

2 A

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

⚜️ Dale Hunter SH Go-ahead 1st · 02:05

Assists: Michel Goulet, Dan Bouchard

1–0

⚜️ Marian Stastny 1st · 04:58

Assists: Anton Stastny, Dan Bouchard

2–0

🦅 Mike Gartner PP 1st · 13:21

Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

2–1

⚜️ Rick Lapointe 1st · 15:14

Assists: Michel Goulet, Tim Tookey

3–1

⚜️ Michel Goulet 1st · 18:55

Assists: Wilf Paiement, Tim Tookey

4–1

2nd period

🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 2nd · 02:47

Assists: Dennis Maruk, Rod Langway

4–2

🦅 Alan Haworth 2nd · 03:28

Assists: Bobby Carpenter

4–3

🦅 Bobby Gould Tying 2nd · 03:46

Assists: Gaetan Duchesne, Glen Currie

4–4

3rd period

⚜️ Anton Stastny PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:08

Assists: Peter Stastny, Wilf Paiement

5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚜️QUE WSH🦅

28 Shots on goal 50

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

19 Penalty minutes 11

QUE shooting 17.9% (5/28) WSH shooting 8.0% (4/50)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚜️Nordiques

Dan Bouchard

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Al Jensen

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 4–1

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–4

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 22-24 (48% win rate, 46 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 27-19 (59% win rate, 46 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ QUE vs WSH, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Capitals on January 21, 1983?

Nordiques won 5–4.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Capitals?

The final score was Nordiques 5, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny, Dale Hunter, Marian Stastny, Michel Goulet, Rick Lapointe.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alan Haworth, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Gould, Mike Gartner.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Dan Bouchard made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Al Jensen made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Nordiques vs Capitals season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Jan 18

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 19

Also on January 21, 1983

🗽NYR @ ✈️WIN

1–4 final

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