Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, February 16, 1984 · The Forum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 on Thursday, February 16, 1984 at The Forum. The Capitals outshot the Kings 28–18.
Goals came from Brian MacLellan, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bernie Nicholls, Mike Gartner, Larry Murphy and Gaetan Duchesne.
Pat Riggin made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Marco Baron stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Brian MacLellan (21)Mark Hardy (31), Bernie Nicholls (40)0–109:03 LAK · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (30)Mike Gartner (36)1–109:43 WSH
Bernie Nicholls (34)Brian MacLellan (21), Jim Fox (34)1–210:50 LAK
Mike Gartner (31)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35)2–212:49 WSH
Larry Murphy (12)Gaetan Duchesne (16), Bobby Gould (10)3–219:31 WSH
3rd period
Gaetan Duchesne (12)Bobby Gould (11), Scott Stevens (17)4–219:59 WSH · ·
Team stats
WSHLAK
2818
0%0%
1/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:41 into the first period
Jay Wells · hooking2 min - 4:26 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · holding2 min - 17:11 into the first periodMark Hardy · elbowing2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodAlan Haworth · interference2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · interference2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 19:22 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |