Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, February 26, 1984 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 4-3 on Sunday, February 26, 1984 at Hartford Civic Center. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 25-23.
Rod Langway scored twice. Craig Laughlin, Chris Kotsopoulos, Randy Pierce, Alan Haworth and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Pat Riggin made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (18)Bobby Carpenter (31), Peter Andersson (4)1–006:19 WSH
2nd period
Chris Kotsopoulos (4)Mike Zuke (19), Dan Bourbonnais (11)1–102:31 HFD
Randy Pierce (1)Doug Sulliman (10), Mike Zuke (20)1–207:20 HFD
Rod Langway (7)Bobby Gould (12), Glen Currie (18)2–217:45 WSH
3rd period
- Rod Langway (8)Larry Murphy (26), Bobby Carpenter (32)3–204:39 WSH
Alan Haworth (20)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (37), Dave Shand (13)4–207:10 WSH
Sylvain Turgeon (32)Risto Siltanen (34), Greg Millen (2)4–316:48 HFD
Team stats
WSHHFD
25Shots on goal23
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play0/4
20Penalty minutes18
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 10:30
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 1st 13:44
Mike Zuke · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:30Joel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:33Bryan Erickson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:08Dave Christian · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:07Greg Malone · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:07Dave Shand · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:50Scott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:52Torrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:52Torrie Robertson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:52Scott Stevens · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 60:00 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Hartford Whalers
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Dan BourbonnaisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Randy PierceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 26Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 59:24 |