Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, January 13, 1984 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–4 on Friday, January 13, 1984 at Pacific Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 28–16.
Dave Christian scored twice, Patrik Sundstrom scored twice and Stan Smyl scored twice. Mike Gartner, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dave Shand and Scott Stevens also scored.
Al Jensen made 12 saves on 16 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (16)Craig Laughlin (14), Darren Veitch (12)1–014:28 WSH · 
Patrik Sundstrom (19)Tony Tanti (24), Cam Neely (2)1–115:06 VAN
Mike Gartner (21)Doug Jarvis (18)2–117:10 WSH
2nd period
Stan Smyl (16)Dave Williams (7), Michel Petit (4)2–206:53 VAN
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (23)Alan Haworth (14), Bobby Carpenter (21)3–212:30 WSH ·
3rd period
Dave Shand (2)Dave Christian (31)4–204:13 WSH- Dave Christian (17)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26), Craig Laughlin (15)5–204:30 WSH
- Patrik Sundstrom (20)Tony Tanti (25)5–306:46 VAN ·
- Stan Smyl (17)Kevin McCarthy (14)5–415:55 VAN
Scott Stevens (5)Darren Veitch (13)6–419:49 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
2816
0%0%
2/31/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Larry Murphy · interference2 min - 10:56 into the first period
Rick Lanz · cross checking2 min - 10:56 into the first periodRick Lanz · roughing2 min
- 10:56 into the first periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the first periodDave Williams · elbowing2 min
- 17:10 into the first periodBobby Gould · high sticking2 min
- 10:54 into the second periodNeil Belland · hooking2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodAndreas Schliebener · holding2 min
- 17:38 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 16 | 4 | .750 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Andreas SchliebenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |