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1981–82 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1981–82
year	1981
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	26–41–13
HomeRecord	16–16–8
RoadRecord	10–25–5
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	319
GoalsAgainst	338
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Roger Crozier
Coach	Gary Green
Roger Crozier
Bryan Murray
Captain	Ryan Walter
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Dennis Maruk (60)
AssistsLeader	Dennis Maruk (76)
PointsLeader	Dennis Maruk (136)
PIMLeader	Randy Holt (250)
PlusMinusLeader	Lee Norwood (+7)
WinsLeader	Dave Parro (16)
GAALeader	Al Jensen (3.82)

Roger Crozier Roger Crozier Bryan Murray The 1981–82 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals did not qualify for the playoffs for the eighth straight year.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 7, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 10, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1981||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 14, 1981||4–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 15, 1981||2–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||October 17, 1981||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||1–5–0 |- |7||L||October 21, 1981||3–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||1–6–0 |- |8||L||October 23, 1981||2–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||1–7–0 |- |9||L||October 24, 1981||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1981–82) ||1–8–0 |- |10||L||October 28, 1981||0–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||1–9–0 |- |11||L||October 29, 1981||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||1–10–0 |- |12||L||October 31, 1981||4–6 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||1–11–0

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	60	76	136	128	-4	20	2	1
C/LW	78	38	49	87	142	-3	19	1	3
RW	80	35	45	80	121	-11	5	2	5
C	80	32	35	67	69	-23	7	1	3
C	60	30	37	67	92	-15	18	0	5
RW	70	26	34	60	40	-20	3	0	2
D	67	9	44	53	54	-17	5	0	1
D	57	5	32	37	49	-8	2	0	0
RW	60	18	13	31	69	-3	1	0	1
D	65	3	25	28	93	-12	1	0	0
D	74	3	22	25	60	-14	0	0	0
LW	74	9	14	23	46	-6	0	0	1
LW	54	8	13	21	204	-1	3	0	0
D	26	7	10	17	125	7	3	0	1
C	28	8	8	16	35	-9	5	0	0
C	43	7	7	14	14	-2	0	1	0
C	26	1	12	13	18	5	0	0	0
RW	30	2	10	12	23	-4	0	0	1
D	44	1	11	12	62	-17	0	0	0
D	39	2	9	11	35	-10	0	0	0
D	53	2	6	8	250	-7	0	0	0
D	19	2	4	6	20	-2	0	1	1
RW	12	1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0
RW	14	2	2	4	14	-3	0	0	0
LW	16	0	4	4	12	-12	0	0	0
LW	12	2	1	3	7	0	0	0	1
RW	10	1	2	3	4	-7	0	0	0
D	12	1	2	3	14	-4	0	0	0
D	17	1	1	2	19	-3	0	0	0
RW	6	1	1	2	18	0	0	0	0
G	26	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
D	16	0	2	2	26	-9	0	0	0
C	4	1	0	1	2	-4	1	0	0
RW	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
D	12	0	1	1	11	-7	0	0	0
G	11	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
G	52	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2942	52	16	26	7	206	4.20	1
	1274	26	8	8	4	81	3.81	0
	584	11	2	7	2	47	4.83	0
Team:	4800	80	26	41	13	334	4.17	1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

  MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Bobby Carpenter	United States	St. John's School (USHS-MA)
3	45	Eric Calder	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4	68	Tony Kellin	United States	Grand Rapids High School (USHS-MN)
5	89	Mike Siltala	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
5	91	Peter Sidorkiewicz	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
6	110	Jim McGeough	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WHL)
7	131	Risto Jalo		Ilves (Finland)
8	152	Gaetan Duchesne	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	173	George White	United States	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
10	194	Chris Valentine	Canada	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)

References

"1981-82 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1981-82 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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