🦅 Away Capitals 45-26-0 before this game

2–1

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	1	1	0	2
BOS	0	1	0	1

Capitals at Bruins

Capitals beat Bruins 2–1 at TD Garden on March 17, 1983.

🗓 Thu, Mar 17, 1983 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

2 G

3 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Mike Gartner

1 A

6 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Dennis Maruk

1 A

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson Go-ahead 1st · 12:44

Assists: Rod Langway, Greg Theberge

1–0

2nd period

🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 2nd · 11:00

Assists: Dennis Maruk, Mike Gartner

2–0

🐻 Mike Krushelnyski 2nd · 18:10

Assists: Barry Pederson, Ray Bourque

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BOS🐻

23 Shots on goal 40

8 Penalty minutes 4

WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) BOS shooting 2.5% (1/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Pat Riggin

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Pete Peeters

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 17, 1983?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Bruins 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2).

Who scored for Bruins?

Mike Krushelnyski.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Bruins season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 16

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 17, 1983

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