🐧 Away Penguins 16-33-0 before this game
2–7
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 30-20-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2002
WSH 3317

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 7–2 at Capital One Arena on January 28, 1983.

🗓 Fri, Jan 28, 1983 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 5–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Rod Langway
3 A
2 shots · +3
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
1 G, 1 A
4 shots
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alan Haworth
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Craig Laughlin Go-ahead 1st · 03:19
Assists: Rod Langway, Alan Haworth
0–1
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 1st · 03:26
Assists: Dennis Maruk
0–2
🦅 Bobby Gould 1st · 07:47
Assists: Glen Currie, Gaetan Duchesne
0–3
🐧 Mike Bullard 1st · 11:55
Assists: Doug Shedden
1–3
🐧 Randy Boyd 1st · 17:58
Unassisted
2–3
2nd period
🦅 Doug Jarvis 2nd · 10:25
Assists: Rod Langway, Timo Blomqvist
2–4
🦅 Mike Gartner 2nd · 10:58
Assists: Rod Langway, Bobby Carpenter
2–5
🦅 Ken Houston 2nd · 12:17
Assists: Doug Jarvis
2–6
3rd period
🦅 Alan Haworth PP 3rd · 06:58
Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Carpenter
2–7

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 39
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
32 Penalty minutes 30
PIT shooting 7.1% (2/28) WSH shooting 17.9% (7/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Michel Dion
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–6
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 5–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 26, 1983
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · Capitals won
Dec 28, 1982
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · Capitals won
Dec 18, 1982
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Capitals won
Dec 2, 1982
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · Capitals won
Oct 27, 1982
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–7 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on January 28, 1983?

Capitals won 7–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 7.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mike Bullard, Randy Boyd.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alan Haworth, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Gould, Craig Laughlin, Doug Jarvis, Ken Houston, Mike Gartner.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Michel Dion made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 5–1 after 6 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 26
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 29
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
2–1 · NYR won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 26
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 29
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · WSH won
Also on January 28, 1983
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–6 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule