The Washington Capitals used 44 players in the 1981-82 season, with a 31-49-0 record. Dennis Maruk led the team with 136 points (60 goals, 76 assists) in 80 games. Dave Parro played the most games in goal (52).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Veitch 🇨🇦 D 21 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 0.79 | 5 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 2 | Greg Theberge 🇨🇦 D 22 | 57 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 0.65 | 3 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 3 | Rick Green 🇨🇦 D 26 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 0.43 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 4 | Terry Murray 🇨🇦 D 31 | 74 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 0.34 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 5 | Lee Norwood 🇺🇸 D 22 | 26 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.65 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 125 | — |
| 6 | Timo Blomqvist 🇫🇮 D 21 | 44 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.27 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 7 | Paul MacKinnon 🇨🇦 D 23 | 39 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 8 | Randy Holt 🇨🇦 D 29 | 53 | 🧊 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.15 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 250 | — |
| 9 | James McTaggart 🇨🇦 D 22 | 19 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Pat Ribble 🇨🇦 D 27 | 12 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Howard Walker 🇨🇦 D 23 | 16 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 12 | Doug Hicks 🇨🇦 D 26 | 12 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 13 | Pierre Bouchard 🇨🇦 D 34 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 14 | Jay Johnston 🇨🇦 D 24 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 15 | Tony Camazzola 🇨🇦 D 19 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 16 | Eric Calder 🇨🇦 D 18 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 16 skaters | 80 | 35 | 168 | 203 | 2.54 | 12 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 817 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ▼ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Parro 🇨🇦 G 24 | 52 | 18 | 3.96 | 0.000 | 0 | 206 | 56:29 | |
| 2 | Al Jensen 🇨🇦 G 23 | 26 | 12 | 3.12 | 0.000 | 0 | 81 | 48:52 | |
| 3 | Mike Palmateer 🇨🇦 G 28 | 11 | 3 | 4.27 | 0.000 | 0 | 47 | 53:00 |
84% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 81% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 37 |
|
+3 | 691 (81%) | Maruk, Walter, Gartner, Valentine +33 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-1 | 88 (10%) | Carpenter, Norwood, Hangsleben, Rowe |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+1 | 64 (7%) | Gustafsson, Stoltz |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 12 (1%) | Blomqvist |
Dennis Maruk led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1981-82 with 136 points — 60 goals and 76 assists in 80 games. Next came Ryan Walter (87) and Mike Gartner (80).
Dennis Maruk scored 60 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1981-82, 20 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 44 players in 1981-82: 41 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 319 goals.
Dave Parro played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1981-82: 52 games, 18 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.96 goals against average. Al Jensen was the backup, in 26 games.
The average age was 24.0 years. Bobby Carpenter was the youngest at 18, and Jean Pronovost the oldest at 36.
The Washington Capitals used 44 players in 1981-82 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 37 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 1 came from Finland. League-wide that season, 81% of players were born in Canada, against 84% on this roster.